Kansas City Royals at Pittsburgh Pirates

KC 3 — 4 PIT

Final — 2026-09-20

MVP: Rafael Flores Jr. 2-3, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Kansas City Royals 4-3. Rafael Flores Jr. led the way with 2-3, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB. Carmen Mlodzinski earned the win and Nate Pearson took the loss. Mason Montgomery recorded the save.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3
PIT	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2		4

WP Carmen Mlodzinski

LP Nate Pearson

SV Mason Montgomery

Scoring Plays

Top 1: Salvador Perez singles on a ground ball to center fielder Oneil Cruz. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. Jac Caglianone to 2nd. (1-0)

Bot 4: Oneil Cruz homers (20) on a fly ball to center field. (1-1)

Bot 6: Spencer Horwitz singles on a line drive to center fielder Tyler Tolbert. Ryan O'Hearn scores. Rafael Flores Jr. to 2nd. (1-2)

Top 7: Vinnie Pasquantino homers (14) on a fly ball to right center field. John Rave scores. (3-2)

Bot 8: Rafael Flores Jr. homers (10) on a fly ball to left field. Ronny Simon scores. (3-4)

KC — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Tolbert	CF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.353	.400	.753
Collins	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.323	.329	.652
Perez	1B	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	.227	.271	.374	.645
Loftin	RF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.240	.324	.380	.704
Rave	LF	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	.228	.315	.441	.756
Massey	2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.274	.307	.436	.743
Maile	C	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	.171	.244	.293	.537
Pasquantino	PH	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	.244	.330	.406	.736
Isbel	CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.263	.321	.584
Garcia	3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.258	.313	.371	.684
Caglianone	DH	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.282	.335	.486	.821
Witt	SS	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.279	.359	.440	.799

PIT — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Horwitz	1B	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	.248	.346	.367	.713
Simon	DH	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.353	.438	.791
Lowe	2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	.262	.332	.492	.824
Reynolds	LF	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	.262	.365	.423	.788
Cruz	CF	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	.280	.367	.490	.857
Triolo	3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.311	.307	.618
Mangum	RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.279	.336	.370	.706
(gpid=sa:804606)	SS	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.267	.322	.389	.711
O'Hearn	DH	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	.264	.331	.443	.774
Gonzales	3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.302	.365	.389	.754
Flores	C	3	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	.286	.354	.556	.910

KC — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Cuas	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	7-4	2.21	1.72	H
Hoffman	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5-3	3.86	1.37
Thomas	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	26-15	8.85	1.92	H
Wacha	5.2	4	2	2	4	5	1	113-78	3.33	1.11
Pearson	0.2	3	2	2	0	1	1	25-18	3.43	1.30	L
(gpid=sa:543238)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6-5	0.00	0.93

PIT — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Bachar	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	20-14	3.56	1.14
Montgomery	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	11-8	2.59	1.03	S
Ramirez	2.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	30-19	2.93	1.19
Mlodzinski	3.0	3	2	2	1	1	1	45-26	3.95	1.38	W
Dotel	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	32-21	4.58	1.35

Venue: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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