The Scorecard · September 20, 2026

Kansas City Royals at Pittsburgh Pirates

Rafael Flores Jr.'s two-run homer in the 8th gave Pittsburgh its fourth lead change of the night and a 4-3 win over Kansas City.

Final · Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Kansas City Royals 3 · W Carmen Mlodzinski · L Nate Pearson · S Mason Montgomery · Plate Brian Walsh (graded)

Box score

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

Kansas City Royals	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
GarciaMaikel Garcia 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1
WittBobby Witt Jr. SS	4	1	1	0	0	1
CaglianoneJac Caglianone DH	3	0	2	0	1	0
PerezSalvador Perez 1B	4	0	2	1	0	1
MasseyMichael Massey 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1
LoftinNick Loftin RF	4	0	1	0	0	0
RaveJohn Rave LF	4	1	1	0	0	2
MaileLuke Maile C	4	0	1	0	0	2
TolbertTyler Tolbert CF	2	0	0	0	0	0
PasquantinoVinnie Pasquantino PH	1	1	1	2	0	0
IsbelKyle Isbel CF	0	0	0	0	0	0
CollinsIsaac Collins PH	1	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	35	3	9	3	1	8

2B: Maile. HR: Pasquantino. SB: Loftin.

Pittsburgh Pirates	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
GriffinKonnor Griffin SS	5	0	1	0	0	1
LoweBrandon Lowe 2B	4	0	1	0	1	1
ReynoldsBryan Reynolds LF	3	0	1	0	1	1
CruzOneil Cruz CF	4	1	1	1	0	0
GonzalesNick Gonzales 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1
TrioloJared Triolo 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0
O'HearnRyan O'Hearn DH	3	1	1	0	1	1
SimonRonny Simon PR-DH	0	1	0	0	0	0
FloresRafael Flores Jr. C	3	1	2	2	1	1
HorwitzSpencer Horwitz 1B	4	0	1	1	0	2
MangumJake Mangum RF	3	0	0	0	1	1
Totals	33	4	8	4	5	9

2B: Griffin, Flores. HR: Cruz, Flores.

Kansas City Royals	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	P-S
WachaMichael Wacha	5.2	4	2	2	4	5	1	113-78
HoffmanNolan Hoffman	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5-3
ThomasConnor Thomas	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	26-15
CuasJose Cuas	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	7-4
PearsonNate PearsonL	0.2	3	2	2	0	1	1	25-18
GoseAnthony Gose	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6-5

Pittsburgh Pirates	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	P-S
BacharLake Bachar	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	20-14
RamírezYohan Ramírez	2.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	30-19
DotelWilber Dotel	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	32-21
MlodzinskiCarmen MlodzinskiW	3.0	3	2	2	1	1	1	45-26
MontgomeryMason MontgomeryS	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	11-8

Four lead changes, and the last one belonged to Rafael Flores Jr., whose two-run homer in the 8th — his 10th of the year — turned a 3-2 deficit into a 4-3 lead. Kansas City had gone ahead in the 7th on Vinnie Pasquantino's two-run shot, his 14th, and handed the ball to Nate Pearson to protect it. Pearson gave up three hits and two runs in two-thirds of an inning and took the loss. Michael Wacha had thrown 113 pitches in five and two-thirds and left with the game tied; Pittsburgh left ten on base and won by a run.

Fever Baseball · Scored on the record

Kansas City Royals at Pittsburgh Pirates

PNC Park · September 20, 2026 · Final: KC 3, PIT 4 · W: Carmen Mlodzinski

First pitch 1:35 PM · Final out 4:37 PM · Time of game 3:02

Umpires — HP Brian Walsh · 1B Chad Fairchild · 2B Bill Miller · 3B Chad Whitson

ABSKC PIT ● won · ✕ lost · ○ in hand

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Kansas City Royals

3R9H1E6LOB

Batter

John RaveLF KC

PHVinnie PasquantinoPH KC

→Kyle IsbelCF KC

entered on defense, did not bat

PHIsaac CollinsPH KC

Runs

PitchersIPHRERBBSOPS

Michael Wacha5.24224511378

Nolan Hoffman0.10000153

Connor Thomas0.2100112615

Jose Cuas0.10000174

Nate PearsonL0.2322012518

Anthony Gose0.10000065

SBNick Loftin (2B)

Pittsburgh Pirates

4R8H1E10LOB

Batter

→Jared Triolo3B PIT

entered on defense, did not bat

Ryan O'HearnDH PIT

PRRonny SimonDH PIT

pinch-ran, did not bat

Rafael Flores Jr.C PIT

Spencer Horwitz1B PIT

Jake MangumRF PIT

Runs

PitchersIPHRERBBSOPS

Lake Bachar1.0311012014

Yohan Ramírez2.0100043019

Wilber Dotel2.0100013221

Carmen MlodzinskiW3.0322114526

Mason MontgomerySV1.010001118

Excitement 3.90 of win probability moved, per nine inningsComeback 4.3 — the winner's floor was 23%Biggest swing +0.507 in the 8th, at leverage 3.6

The hit chart

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1B8 hit, with where it went

BB walk · HBP hit by pitch

FC 6 fielder’s choice, fielded by 6

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