September 19, 2026

Kansas City Royals at Pittsburgh Pirates: Game Time, TV Channel and Probable Pitchers

Check the Kansas City Royals at Pittsburgh Pirates matchup with start time, TV and streaming listings, probable pitchers, venue, score status and same-date MLB games.

6:40 PM ETStart time

FinalStatus

Royals.TV, SportsNet PittsburghTV

PNC ParkVenue

Kansas City Royals at Pittsburgh Pirates Game Summary

A quick matchup view with teams, score status, first pitch time and local-time conversion.

Kansas City Royals 5 67-88

Final 5-6 Sat, Sep 19 · 6:40 PM ET

Pittsburgh Pirates 6 78-77

Linescore

Runs by inning with final runs, hits and errors.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	5	13	1
PIT	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	-	6	9	1

W: Luke Weaver L: Steven Cruz SV: Mason Montgomery

Show inning-by-inning hits, errors and runners left on base

Inning	KC R	H	E	Left On Base	PIT R	H	E	Left On Base
1st	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
2nd	0	2	0	1	2	2	0	0
3rd	1	3	0	2	0	1	0	2
4th	0	2	0	3	2	2	0	0
5th	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	1
6th	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7th	2	4	0	2	0	0	1	1
8th	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
9th	0	0	0	1	-	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals vs Pittsburgh Pirates Game Highlights

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Official MLB Brandon Lowe's go-ahead home run powers Pirates' win 00:03:14

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Official MLB Condensed Game: KC@PIT - 9/19/26 00:11:41

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Official MLB Brandon Lowe's go-ahead two-run home run (33) 00:00:22

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Official MLB Carter Jensen's solo home run (25) 00:00:28

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Official MLB Jake Mangum's two-run home run (5) 00:00:24

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Official MLB Ronny Simon's first Major League home run 00:00:42

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Official MLB Nick Loftin's four-hit game against Pirates 00:01:17

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Official MLB Ryan O'Hearn makes a sweet between-the-legs flip 00:00:22

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Official MLB Bubba Chandler strikes out six against Royals 00:00:33

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Official MLB Jac Caglianone's RBI single 00:00:14

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Game Info: Date, Time and Venue

DateSeptember 19, 2026

Time6:40 PM ET

VenuePNC Park

Game TypeRegular Season

SeriesRegular Season · Game 2 of 3

Day/Nightnight

Attendance21,004

Game Duration2h 44m

First Pitch2026-09-19T22:43:00.000Z

Game Data RefreshedSep 23, 2026

Date Schedule MLB Gameday

Kansas City Royals vs Pittsburgh Pirates Probable Pitchers

KCNoah Cameron

Stats9-8 · ERA 3.92 · 155 SO · WHIP 1.20 · 172.1 IP

PITBubba Chandler

Stats8-9 · ERA 4.34 · 138 SO · WHIP 1.37 · 151.1 IP

TV Channel and Streaming

Royals.TV TV · EN · away · Streaming

SportsNet Pittsburgh TV · EN · home · Streaming

96.5 The Fan FM · EN · away · Streaming

Sports Radio 93.7 KDKA The Fan FM · EN · home · Streaming

Royals Radio Network AM · EN · away

Scoring Plays

Every run-scoring play in game order.

Bottom 2 · Home Run0-2

Ronny Simon homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. Brandon Lowe scores.

RBI: 2 Batter: Ronny Simon Pitcher: Noah Cameron

Top 3 · Home Run1-2

Umpire reviewed (home run), call on the field was upheld: Carter Jensen homers (25) on a fly ball to right center field.

RBI: 1 Batter: Carter Jensen Pitcher: Bubba Chandler

Bottom 4 · Home Run1-4

Jake Mangum homers (5) on a fly ball to left field. Nick Gonzales scores.

RBI: 2 Batter: Jake Mangum Pitcher: Noah Cameron

Top 5 · Groundout2-4

Vinnie Pasquantino grounds out to first baseman Ryan O'Hearn. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. Jac Caglianone to 3rd.

RBI: 1 Batter: Vinnie Pasquantino Pitcher: Brandon Eisert

Top 5 · Sac Bunt3-4

Michael Massey out on a sacrifice bunt, first baseman Ryan O'Hearn to pitcher Brandon Eisert. Jac Caglianone scores.

RBI: 1 Batter: Michael Massey Pitcher: Brandon Eisert

Top 7 · Single4-4

Jac Caglianone singles on a line drive to left fielder Bryan Reynolds. Bobby Witt Jr. scores.

RBI: 1 Batter: Jac Caglianone Pitcher: Camilo Doval

Top 7 · Single5-4

Nick Loftin singles on a ground ball to center fielder Jake Mangum. Jac Caglianone scores. Vinnie Pasquantino to 3rd.

RBI: 1 Batter: Nick Loftin Pitcher: Camilo Doval

Bottom 8 · Home Run5-6

Brandon Lowe homers (33) on a fly ball to right center field. Jared Triolo scores.

RBI: 2 Batter: Brandon Lowe Pitcher: Steven Cruz

Kansas City Royals Box Score

Order	Batters	POS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	Stolen Bases
1	Carter Jensen#22	C	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	0
2	Bobby Witt Jr.#7	SS	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
3	Jac Caglianone#14	DH	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	1
3	Tyler Tolbert#2	PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
4	Vinnie Pasquantino#9	1B	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
4	Salvador Perez#13	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	Michael Massey#19	2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
5	Maikel Garcia#11	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Nick Loftin#12	3B	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
7	John Rave#16	RF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
8	Kyle Isbel#28	CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9	Isaac Collins#1	LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	Pitches / Strikes
Noah Cameron#65	6.0	7	4	4	2	6	2	94 / 65
Nolan Hoffman#35	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9 / 6
Steven Cruz#64	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	17 / 12

Pittsburgh Pirates Box Score

Order	Batters	POS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	Stolen Bases
1	Konnor Griffin#6	SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Oneil Cruz#15	DH	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
3	Bryan Reynolds#10	LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	Rafael Flores Jr.#43	C	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
4	Jared Triolo#19	3B	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Brandon Lowe#5	2B	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	1	0
6	Nick Gonzales#3	3B	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
6	Billy Cook#25	CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Ryan O'Hearn#29	1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
8	Ronny Simon#63	RF	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	0
8	Henry Davis#32	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Jake Mangum#28	RF	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	Pitches / Strikes
Brandon Eisert#14	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8 / 5
Bubba Chandler#36	4.0	8	3	3	1	6	1	90 / 57
Camilo Doval#75	1.0	4	2	2	0	2	0	26 / 17
Lake Bachar#71	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	17 / 10
Luke Weaver#18	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13 / 9
Mason Montgomery#46	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	21 / 13

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More MLB Games on September 19, 2026

Other games loaded for the same date, with TV listings, probable pitchers and game details.

Date / Time	Matchup	Status	TV / Streaming	Probable Pitchers	Venue	Links
Sat, Sep 19 2:10 PM ET	Detroit Tigers at Chicago White Sox 1-3	Final	Chicago Sports NetworkDetroit SportsNet	DET: Jackson Jobe 2-3 · ERA 3.98 · 43 SO · WHIP 1.20 · 40.2 IP CWS: Sean Burke 10-7 · ERA 3.40 · 178 SO · WHIP 1.20 · 167.0 IP	Rate Field	Details
Sat, Sep 19 4:05 PM ET	Milwaukee Brewers at Baltimore Orioles 1-0	Final	Brewers.TV Presented by Potawatomi SportsbookMASN	MIL: Robert Gasser 5-5 · ERA 4.01 · 94 SO · WHIP 1.24 · 103.1 IP BAL: Trevor Rogers 10-11 · ERA 4.07 · 153 SO · WHIP 1.18 · 165.2 IP	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	Details
Sat, Sep 19 4:10 PM ET	Boston Red Sox at Tampa Bay Rays 1-2	Final	NESNRays.TV	BOS: Brayan Bello 6-7 · ERA 4.49 · 90 SO · WHIP 1.37 · 112.1 IP TB: Freddy Peralta 9-11 · ERA 4.56 · 152 SO · WHIP 1.33 · 163.2 IP	Tropicana Field	Details
Sat, Sep 19 4:10 PM ET	Philadelphia Phillies at New York Mets 3-10	Final	NBCSPSNY	PHI: Andrew Painter 3-10 · ERA 5.59 · 107 SO · WHIP 1.42 · 120.2 IP NYM: Christian Scott 4-5 · ERA 3.85 · 134 SO · WHIP 1.27 · 110.0 IP	Citi Field	Details
Sat, Sep 19 6:10 PM ET	Athletics at Cleveland Guardians 6-12	Final	Guardians.TV Presented by ProgressiveNBCSCA	ATH: Jacob Lopez 6-5 · ERA 5.68 · 108 SO · WHIP 1.53 · 117.1 IP CLE: Tanner Bibee 6-15 · ERA 4.35 · 142 SO · WHIP 1.22 · 182.0 IP	Progressive Field	Details
Sat, Sep 19 6:40 PM ET	Kansas City Royals at Pittsburgh Pirates 5-6	Final	Royals.TVSportsNet Pittsburgh	KC: Noah Cameron 9-8 · ERA 3.92 · 155 SO · WHIP 1.20 · 172.1 IP PIT: Bubba Chandler 8-9 · ERA 4.34 · 138 SO · WHIP 1.37 · 151.1 IP	PNC Park	Details
Sat, Sep 19 6:40 PM ET	Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati Reds 5-2	Final	Marquee Sports NetworkReds.TV	CHC: Matthew Boyd 9-5 · ERA 4.06 · 93 SO · WHIP 1.22 · 119.2 IP CIN: Nick Lodolo 3-6 · ERA 5.04 · 80 SO · WHIP 1.47 · 103.2 IP	Great American Ball Park	Details
Sat, Sep 19 7:05 PM ET	Toronto Blue Jays at Texas Rangers 2-6	Final	Rangers Sports Network, presented by ProgressiveSportsnetTVA Sports	TOR: José Soriano 12-8 · ERA 3.72 · 167 SO · WHIP 1.26 · 174.1 IP TEX: Cal Quantrill 9-5 · ERA 2.86 · 81 SO · WHIP 1.04 · 110.0 IP	Globe Life Field	Details
Sat, Sep 19 7:10 PM ET	Atlanta Braves at Houston Astros 6-3	Final	BravesVisionSpace City Home NetworkSpace City Home Network (Sp)	ATL: Grant Holmes 10-5 · ERA 3.47 · 114 SO · WHIP 1.30 · 147.2 IP HOU: Hayden Wesneski 5-2 · ERA 3.50 · 41 SO · WHIP 1.15 · 54.0 IP	Daikin Park	Details
Sat, Sep 19 7:15 PM ET	Washington Nationals at St. Louis Cardinals 8-5	Final	Cardinals.TV Presented by bet365Nationals.TV	WSH: Andrew Alvarez 2-6 · ERA 3.17 · 107 SO · WHIP 1.26 · 108.0 IP STL: Michael McGreevy 7-9 · ERA 3.84 · 113 SO · WHIP 1.25 · 164.0 IP	Busch Stadium	Details
Sat, Sep 19 8:10 PM ET	Seattle Mariners at Colorado Rockies 3-5	Final	Mariners.TVRockies.TV	SEA: Bryce Miller 4-9 · ERA 3.99 · 112 SO · WHIP 1.15 · 112.2 IP COL: Jose Quintana 2-3 · ERA 5.40 · 22 SO · WHIP 1.51 · 45.0 IP	Coors Field	Details
Sat, Sep 19 8:10 PM ET	New York Yankees at Arizona Diamondbacks 3-5	Final	DBACKS.TVYES	NYY: Cam Schlittler 14-6 · ERA 1.94 · 234 SO · WHIP 0.91 · 190.2 IP AZ: Brandon Pfaadt 7-3 · ERA 3.72 · 87 SO · WHIP 1.17 · 128.1 IP	Chase Field	Details
Sat, Sep 19 8:40 PM ET	Miami Marlins at San Diego Padres 6-7	Final	Marlins.TV presented by Werner, Hoffman, Greig & GarciaPadres.TV Presented by UC San Diego Health	MIA: Eury Pérez 7-11 · ERA 4.14 · 162 SO · WHIP 1.27 · 150.0 IP SD: Casey Mize 6-9 · ERA 3.96 · 109 SO · WHIP 1.19 · 127.1 IP	Petco Park	Details
Sat, Sep 19 9:10 PM ET	San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles Dodgers 4-10	Final	NBCS BASportsNet LA	SF: Yunior Marte 0-1 · ERA 4.66 · 11 SO · WHIP 1.40 · 19.1 IP LAD: Tarik Skubal 11-7 · ERA 2.85 · 176 SO · WHIP 0.99 · 151.2 IP	UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium	Details
Sat, Sep 19 9:38 PM ET	Minnesota Twins at Los Angeles Angels 5-6	Final	ABTV, presented by Pechanga Resort CasinoTwins.TV Presented by Progressive	MIN: Joe Ryan 6-10 · ERA 3.83 · 151 SO · WHIP 1.18 · 138.2 IP LAA: Reid Detmers 6-8 · ERA 3.47 · 204 SO · WHIP 1.05 · 179.0 IP	Angel Stadium	Details

Kansas City Royals at Pittsburgh Pirates FAQ

Common questions for this MLB matchup.

What time is Kansas City Royals at Pittsburgh Pirates?

The listed start time is 6:40 PM ET. Times are shown in Eastern Time.

What channel is Kansas City Royals at Pittsburgh Pirates on?

The current TV listing is Royals.TV, SportsNet Pittsburgh. Broadcast and streaming availability can vary by market.

Who are the probable pitchers?

The listed probable pitchers are Noah Cameron and Bubba Chandler. Probable starters can change before first pitch.

Where is the game being played?

The listed venue is PNC Park.