Kansas City at Pittsburgh — MLB September 18, 2026

5 – 8

Final

PNC Park, Pittsburgh, PA

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	8	2
PIT	0	0	2	2	1	0	3	0		8	15	0

Decisions

Win Y. Ramírez PIT

1.1 IP · 0 H · 0 ER · 1 K · 3.00 ERA

Loss N. Pearson KC

1.0 IP · 3 H · 3 ER · 2 K · 3.07 ERA

Save G. Soto PIT

1.0 IP · 1 H · 0 ER · 2 K · 3.78 ERA

Recap

Highlights

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	KC	PIT
Top 1st Vinnie Pasquantino homers (13) on a fly ball to right field.	1	0
Top 3rd Vinnie Pasquantino singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Ronny Simon. Kyle Isbel scores. Bobby Witt Jr. to 2nd.	2	0
Top 3rd Maikel Garcia doubles (19) on a line drive to right fielder Ronny Simon. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. Vinnie Pasquantino scores. Maikel Garcia out at 3rd on the throw, right fielder Ronny Simon to second baseman Brandon Lowe to third baseman Nick Gonzales.	4	0
Bottom 3rd Brandon Lowe homers (32) on a fly ball to center field. Konnor Griffin scores.	4	2
Top 4th Michael Massey homers (13) on a fly ball to right field.	5	2
Bottom 4th Henry Davis doubles (6) on a line drive to right fielder Nick Loftin. Ronny Simon scores. Spencer Horwitz to 3rd.	5	3
Bottom 4th Konnor Griffin grounds out, shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino. Spencer Horwitz scores.	5	4
Bottom 5th Ryan O'Hearn grounds into a force out, third baseman Maikel Garcia to second baseman Michael Massey. Oneil Cruz scores. Nick Gonzales out at 2nd. Ryan O'Hearn to 1st.	5	5
Bottom 7th Spencer Horwitz singles on a line drive to left fielder John Rave. Oneil Cruz scores. Nick Gonzales scores.	5	7
Bottom 7th Konnor Griffin singles on a ground ball to shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. Spencer Horwitz scores. Henry Davis to 2nd.	5	8

Closing line

Box score

Kansas City

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
C. Jensen C	4	0	0	0	0	3	.233
B. Witt Jr. SS	4	1	1	0	0	0	.276
V. Pasquantino 1B	4	2	2	2	0	0	.240
M. Garcia 3B	4	0	1	2	0	1	.262
M. Massey 2B	4	1	1	1	0	0	.279
S. Perez DH	4	0	0	0	0	2	.226
J. Rave LF	2	0	1	0	1	1	.227
I. Collins PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	.219
N. Loftin RF	3	0	1	0	1	1	.232
K. Isbel CF	2	1	1	0	0	1	.221
T. Tolbert PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	.293
Totals		5	8		2	11

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
R. Dobnak	3.2	7	4	4	2	1	74
C. Thomas	1.1	2	1	1	0	2	19
A. Gose	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	22
N. Pearson L	1.0	3	3	3	1	2	28
L. Erceg	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	12

Pittsburgh

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
K. Griffin SS	5	1	4	2	0	0	.271
B. Lowe 2B	5	1	1	2	0	2	.260
B. Reynolds LF-RF	5	0	2	0	0	1	.263
O. Cruz CF	5	2	3	0	0	1	.277
N. Gonzales 3B	3	1	1	0	0	0	.304
J. Triolo 3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.241
R. O'Hearn DH	3	0	0	1	1	1	.266
R. Simon RF	4	1	1	0	0	1	.318
B. Cook LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176
S. Horwitz 1B	3	2	2	2	1	0	.248
H. Davis C	3	0	1	1	1	1	.169
Totals		8	15		3	7

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
P. Skenes	6.0	6	5	5	1	7	89
B. Eisert	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	14
Y. Ramírez W	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	20
G. Soto S	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	18