Final · MLB · Sun Aug 9, 1:10 PM CDT
- Probable pitchers
- Matthew Boyd (CHC) vs Randy Dobnak (KC)
- TV
- Marquee Sports Network, Royals.TV
- Where
- Kauffman Stadium
Cubs roll past Royals 10-2. Cubs led from start to finish.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| CHC | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 0 |
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| KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
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Win: Matthew Boyd. Loss: Randy Dobnak. Home runs: Happ (CHC), Amaya (CHC), Marte, S (KC). Amaya drove in 3 for Cubs.
By the numbers: Hits CHC 18, KC 6; Errors CHC 0, KC 0; Left on base CHC 20, KC 9.
Team stats
| CHC | KC |
|---|
| Hits | 18 | 6 |
| Errors | 0 | 0 |
| Left on base | 20 | 9 |
| Home runs | 2 | 1 |
| Walks | 3 | 3 |
| Strikeouts | 9 | 5 |
Box score
Chicago Cubs
Batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | HR |
|---|
| Crow-Armstrong DH | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Busch 1B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Triantos 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bregman 3B | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Happ LF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Conforto RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hoerner 2B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramírez 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Swanson SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Amaya C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Taylor, T CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 44 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
Pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | NP |
|---|
| Boyd (W) | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 98 |
| Zeferjahn | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 |
| Assad | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 127 |
Kansas City Royals
Batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | HR |
|---|
| Loftin 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Witt Jr. DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Caglianone 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Perez, S 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rave RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marte, S LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Massey 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tolbert SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Maile C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Isbel CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 31 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
Pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | NP |
|---|
| Dobnak (L) | 5.0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 94 |
| McGee | 2.0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 41 |
| Erceg | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| Rojas, J | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 165 |
Play-by-play
Top 1st 6
- 1 out CHC Pete Crow-Armstrong strikes out swinging.
- 1 out CHC Michael Busch doubles (20) on a fly ball to center fielder Kyle Isbel.
- 1 out CHC Alex Bregman singles on a ground ball to shortstop Tyler Tolbert, deflected by third baseman Nick Loftin.
- 1 out CHC Ian Happ singles on a ground ball to shortstop Tyler Tolbert. Michael Busch to 3rd. Alex Bregman to 2nd.
- 2 out CHC Michael Conforto out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Starling Marte. Michael Busch scores. CHC 1, KC 0
- 3 out CHC Nico Hoerner grounds into a force out, shortstop Tyler Tolbert to second baseman Michael Massey. Ian Happ out at 2nd.
Bottom 1st 3
- 1 out KC Nick Loftin called out on strikes.
- 2 out KC Bobby Witt Jr. pops out to second baseman Nico Hoerner.
- 3 out KC Jac Caglianone strikes out swinging.
Top 2nd 3
- 1 out CHC Dansby Swanson grounds out softly, pitcher Randy Dobnak to first baseman Salvador Perez.
- 2 out CHC Miguel Amaya strikes out swinging.
- 3 out CHC Tyrone Taylor lines out to left fielder Starling Marte.
Bottom 2nd 3
- 1 out KC Salvador Perez grounds out, shortstop Dansby Swanson to first baseman Michael Busch.
- 2 out KC Starling Marte pops out to second baseman Nico Hoerner.
- 3 out KC Michael Massey grounds out, second baseman Nico Hoerner to first baseman Michael Busch.
Top 3rd 7
- 1 out CHC Pete Crow-Armstrong called out on strikes.
- 1 out CHC Michael Busch singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Jac Caglianone.
- 2 out CHC Alex Bregman flies out to right fielder Jac Caglianone.
- 2 out CHC Ian Happ singles on a ground ball to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Michael Busch to 2nd.
- 2 out CHC Michael Conforto singles on a fly ball to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Michael Busch scores. Ian Happ to 2nd. CHC 2, KC 0
- 2 out CHC Nico Hoerner singles on a fly ball to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Ian Happ scores. Michael Conforto to 2nd. CHC 3, KC 0
- 3 out CHC Dansby Swanson grounds into a force out, shortstop Tyler Tolbert to second baseman Michael Massey. Nico Hoerner out at 2nd.
Bottom 3rd 4
- 1 out KC Tyler Tolbert lines out to third baseman Alex Bregman.
- 2 out KC Luke Maile flies out to center fielder Tyrone Taylor.
- 2 out KC Kyle Isbel walks.
- 3 out KC Nick Loftin lines out to left fielder Ian Happ.
Top 4th 6
- 0 out CHC Miguel Amaya singles on a ground ball to center fielder Kyle Isbel.
- 1 out CHC Tyrone Taylor ground bunts into a force out, third baseman Nick Loftin to second baseman Michael Massey. Miguel Amaya out at 2nd. Tyrone Taylor to 1st.
- 2 out CHC Pete Crow-Armstrong grounds into a force out, second baseman Michael Massey to shortstop Tyler Tolbert. Tyrone Taylor out at 2nd. Pete Crow-Armstrong to 1st.
- 2 out CHC Michael Busch singles on a ground ball to right fielder Jac Caglianone. Pete Crow-Armstrong to 2nd.
- 2 out CHC Alex Bregman singles on a ground ball to left fielder Starling Marte. Pete Crow-Armstrong scores. Michael Busch to 2nd. CHC 4, KC 0
- 3 out CHC Ian Happ grounds out, second baseman Michael Massey to first baseman Salvador Perez.
Bottom 4th 6
- 1 out KC Bobby Witt Jr. flies out to center fielder Tyrone Taylor.
- 2 out KC Jac Caglianone grounds out, first baseman Michael Busch to pitcher Matthew Boyd.
- 2 out KC Salvador Perez singles on a line drive to center fielder Tyrone Taylor.
- 2 out KC Starling Marte homers (2) on a fly ball to left field. Salvador Perez scores. CHC 4, KC 2
- 2 out KC Michael Massey triples (1) on a line drive to center fielder Tyrone Taylor, deflected by right fielder Michael Conforto.
- 3 out KC Tyler Tolbert grounds out, second baseman Nico Hoerner to first baseman Michael Busch.
Top 5th 4
- 1 out CHC Michael Conforto grounds out, first baseman Salvador Perez to pitcher Randy Dobnak.
- 1 out CHC Nico Hoerner walks.
- 2 out CHC Dansby Swanson strikes out swinging.
- 3 out CHC Miguel Amaya lines out to center fielder Kyle Isbel.
Bottom 5th 3
- 0 out KC Luke Maile singles on a line drive to center fielder Tyrone Taylor.
- 2 out KC Kyle Isbel bunt pops into a double play, pitcher Matthew Boyd to first baseman Michael Busch. Luke Maile out at 1st.
- 3 out KC Nick Loftin grounds out, second baseman Nico Hoerner to first baseman Michael Busch.
Top 6th 6
- 1 out CHC Tyrone Taylor strikes out swinging.
- 1 out CHC Pete Crow-Armstrong walks.
- 2 out CHC Michael Busch grounds out softly, pitcher Easton McGee to first baseman Salvador Perez. Pete Crow-Armstrong to 2nd.
- 2 out CHC Alex Bregman singles on a fly ball to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Pete Crow-Armstrong scores. CHC 5, KC 2
- 2 out CHC Ian Happ homers (20) on a fly ball to right field. Alex Bregman scores. CHC 7, KC 2
- 3 out CHC Michael Conforto strikes out swinging.
Bottom 6th 3
- 0 out KC Bobby Witt Jr. walks.
- 1 out KC Jac Caglianone flies out sharply to center fielder Tyrone Taylor.
- 3 out KC Salvador Perez grounds out, shortstop Dansby Swanson to first baseman Michael Busch.
Top 7th 7
- 0 out CHC Nico Hoerner doubles (25) on a line drive to right fielder Jac Caglianone.
- 0 out CHC Dansby Swanson walks.
- 0 out CHC Miguel Amaya homers (4) on a fly ball to left field. Nico Hoerner scores. Dansby Swanson scores. CHC 10, KC 2
- 1 out CHC Tyrone Taylor grounds out, shortstop Tyler Tolbert to first baseman Salvador Perez.
- 1 out CHC Pete Crow-Armstrong doubles (23) on a fly ball to left fielder Starling Marte.
- 2 out CHC Michael Busch flies out to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Pete Crow-Armstrong to 3rd.
- 3 out CHC Alex Bregman strikes out swinging.
Bottom 7th 5
- 1 out KC Starling Marte grounds out, second baseman Nico Hoerner to first baseman Michael Busch.
- 1 out KC Michael Massey singles on a line drive to left fielder Ian Happ.
- 1 out KC Tyler Tolbert walks. Michael Massey to 2nd.
- 2 out KC Luke Maile strikes out swinging.
- 3 out KC Kyle Isbel lines out sharply to left fielder Ian Happ.
Top 8th 5
- 1 out CHC Ian Happ strikes out swinging.
- 1 out CHC Michael Conforto singles on a line drive to right fielder Jac Caglianone.
- 2 out CHC Pedro Ramírez lines out to right fielder Jac Caglianone.
- 2 out CHC Dansby Swanson singles on a ground ball to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Michael Conforto to 2nd.
- 3 out CHC Miguel Amaya strikes out swinging.
Bottom 8th 4
- 1 out KC Nick Loftin called out on strikes.
- 2 out KC Bobby Witt Jr. strikes out swinging.
- 2 out KC Royals challenged (play at 1st), call on the field was overturned: Jac Caglianone singles on a ground ball to third baseman Alex Bregman.
- 3 out KC Salvador Perez grounds out softly to pitcher Ryan Zeferjahn.
Top 9th 4
- 0 out CHC Tyrone Taylor singles on a line drive to right fielder John Rave.
- 1 out CHC Pete Crow-Armstrong grounds into a force out, second baseman Michael Massey to shortstop Tyler Tolbert. Tyrone Taylor out at 2nd. Pete Crow-Armstrong to 1st.
- 2 out CHC James Triantos flies out to right fielder John Rave.
- 3 out CHC Alex Bregman flies out to center fielder Kyle Isbel.
Bottom 9th 3
- 1 out KC Starling Marte grounds out, second baseman James Triantos to first baseman Pedro Ramírez.
- 2 out KC Michael Massey flies out to left fielder Ian Happ.
- 3 out KC Tyler Tolbert flies out to right fielder Michael Conforto.