Chicago Cubs vs. Kansas City Royals Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - August 9, 2026 Gametracker

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PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Shelby Miller	Elbow	09-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 22
Jameson Taillon	Hamstring	07-19-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 20
Tyler Austin	Knee	08-05-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 6
Hunter Harvey	Triceps	08-19-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 20
Justin Steele	Elbow	09-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 22
Hoby Milner	Abdomen	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Edward Cabrera	Hamstring	08-11-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 12
Ethan Roberts	Forearm	07-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 21
Daniel Palencia	Elbow	08-13-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 14
Cade Horton	Elbow	07-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Aug 1, 2027
Ben Brown	Neck	08-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 21
Porter Hodge	Elbow	04-30-2027Expected to be out until at least May 1
Matt Shaw	Hand	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Riley Martin	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	08-19-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 20
Cole Ragans	Elbow	05-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Jun 1
Maikel Garcia	Hand	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Connor Seabold	Lat	07-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 28
Kris Bubic	Elbow	08-09-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 10
Kyle Isbel	Foot	07-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 28
James McArthur	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Jonathan India	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Bobby Witt	Back	07-19-2026Probable for Jul 20
Alec Marsh	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Nick Mears	Shoulder	08-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 4

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cubs CHC-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Royals KC-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	99	370	65	105	53	21	48	114	.284	.379	.519	.898	16	4	25	6	355
D. Swanson SS	95	324	60	67	58	16	37	86	.207	.287	.407	.694	11	3	13	0	271
M. Busch 1B	98	360	44	88	52	12	64	99	.244	.370	.403	.773	17	2	2	1	268
N. Hoerner 2B	97	387	39	95	43	4	36	35	.245	.314	.341	.655	23	1	14	3	262
A. Bregman 3B	97	381	47	91	43	10	51	70	.239	.336	.362	.698	15	1	2	1	254
I. Happ LF	95	350	61	76	42	17	53	128	.217	.328	.423	.751	17	2	4	1	252
S. Suzuki RF	83	311	51	85	48	15	39	90	.273	.357	.469	.826	16	0	1	0	244
C. Kelly C	72	227	35	61	33	6	29	43	.269	.359	.392	.751	10	0	0	1	166
M. Conforto RF	64	145	20	35	22	8	19	49	.241	.327	.476	.803	10	0	1	0	107
M. Shaw RF	56	130	20	32	20	4	12	27	.246	.322	.415	.737	6	2	4	1	102
M. Ballesteros DH	59	156	16	36	23	6	17	36	.231	.303	.385	.688	6	0	1	0	100
M. Amaya C	53	135	25	31	15	3	18	37	.230	.350	.356	.706	8	0	0	0	94
P. Ramirez 2B	28	64	9	18	10	1	5	10	.281	.329	.438	.767	5	1	2	0	51
J. Dean RF	11	5	3	2	3	0	2	2	.400	.571	.800	1.371	0	1	0	0	11
K. Alcantara DH	18	18	3	4	3	0	1	7	.222	.263	.222	.485	0	0	0	1	6
S. Kingery 2B	8	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	1	0	5
D. Carlson LF	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	99	3376	502	827	468	123	431	837	.245	.337	.412	.749	160	17	70	15	2548

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Imanaga SP	20	20	6-8	0	0	115.0	3.91	100	51	50	22	28	109	.232	1.11	244
B. Brown RP	20	8	4-2	1	2	68.0	1.85	45	16	14	2	19	65	.186	0.94	190
C. Rea SP	20	16	7-6	1	1	100.2	4.74	106	55	53	15	37	76	.270	1.42	172
C. Kelly C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	18.00	2	2	2	2	0	0	.400	2.00	166
J. Assad SP	15	8	6-1	0	0	61.1	4.11	54	28	28	12	15	37	.240	1.13	144
M. Boyd SP	10	10	6-1	0	0	52.0	4.15	49	25	24	6	14	51	.246	1.21	136
E. Cabrera SP	14	14	5-4	0	0	72.1	5.10	72	46	41	14	29	65	.262	1.40	133
J. Webb RP	43	0	3-2	5	9	42.1	2.98	40	17	14	6	16	49	.245	1.32	127
R. Rolison RP	33	2	5-1	1	3	36.1	2.72	30	13	11	4	17	37	.236	1.29	106
J. Taillon SP	13	13	2-5	0	0	67.2	5.19	65	40	39	20	23	59	.248	1.30	104
T. Thornton RP	26	0	3-2	3	3	30.0	2.40	20	9	8	4	10	13	.196	1.00	89
D. Peterson SP	3	3	1-1	0	0	14.1	8.16	16	13	13	3	7	7	.291	1.60	85
C. Thielbar RP	33	0	2-2	2	5	28.2	4.40	24	15	14	8	13	37	.220	1.29	71
H. Milner RP	38	0	1-0	1	2	35.2	3.53	34	14	14	4	9	18	.256	1.21	70
D. Palencia RP	19	0	2-1	3	3	16.2	2.70	17	5	5	2	6	19	.266	1.38	61
J. Woodford RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	13.50	5	3	3	1	0	3	.500	2.50	34
C. Horton P	2	2	1-0	0	0	7.1	2.45	4	2	2	1	2	4	.167	0.82	26
D. Pomeranz RP	5	0	2-0	0	1	4.2	9.64	7	5	5	2	3	1	.350	2.14	26
E. Roberts RP	23	0	0-2	0	1	25.2	4.21	22	14	12	3	14	17	.237	1.40	24
R. Martin P	8	1	0-0	0	0	8.1	2.16	5	2	2	1	2	10	.179	0.84	21
P. Maton RP	31	0	0-1	0	2	27.2	6.18	34	19	19	5	16	31	.306	1.81	19
G. Hollowell RP	9	0	0-0	0	0	10.1	2.61	6	3	3	2	8	11	.167	1.35	18
T. Ferguson RP	10	0	0-1	0	1	9.1	3.86	6	4	4	2	0	13	.176	0.64	13
T. Blach RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	2	.111	0.33	9
Y. Rios RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0.00	6
J. Wicks SP	4	2	0-2	2	2	10.1	10.45	18	12	12	1	2	8	.383	1.94	6
J. Murray RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	18.00	6	6	6	2	2	6	.400	2.67	5
H. Harvey RP	4	0	0-1	0	0	4.0	6.75	5	3	3	2	1	4	.294	1.50	0
L. Little RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	9.00	2	1	1	1	0	1	.400	2.00	0
Total	99	99	56-43	20	36	880.1	4.27	817	440	418	151	303	769	.246	1.27	2105

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	93	368	51	103	39	13	40	72	.280	.350	.451	.801	22	1	30	5	316
J. Caglianone RF	93	331	46	87	37	16	25	103	.263	.321	.471	.792	17	2	3	1	221
C. Jensen C	92	321	43	79	51	13	33	104	.246	.314	.436	.750	22	0	1	0	218
S. Perez C	92	359	33	76	39	12	15	79	.212	.256	.351	.607	14	0	0	0	181
L. Thomas CF	85	242	29	58	34	9	36	62	.240	.340	.417	.757	16	0	5	3	178
I. Collins LF	89	279	35	67	31	5	38	77	.240	.342	.362	.704	17	1	5	5	177
V. Pasquantino 1B	72	269	31	60	32	6	34	54	.223	.308	.342	.650	10	2	4	0	171
M. Garcia 3B	69	268	32	70	30	3	24	45	.261	.320	.373	.693	17	2	5	3	170
M. Massey 2B	80	236	32	63	33	7	15	42	.267	.307	.424	.731	16	0	2	0	163
N. Loftin 3B	62	187	27	44	29	4	21	29	.235	.324	.390	.714	15	1	1	0	142
K. Isbel CF	56	164	16	40	11	3	10	41	.244	.298	.354	.652	7	1	5	0	87
T. Tolbert SS	36	58	17	20	5	2	4	11	.345	.381	.466	.847	1	0	11	3	66
S. Marte RF	44	112	12	30	9	1	8	34	.268	.328	.330	.658	4	0	1	2	52
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
J. Rojas 3B	17	39	4	9	5	1	1	9	.231	.250	.359	.609	2	0	0	0	19
J. Rave RF	9	18	3	4	1	1	3	7	.222	.333	.611	.944	2	1	0	0	14
K. Misner CF	18	41	2	9	4	0	2	17	.220	.256	.244	.500	1	0	3	1	14
L. Maile C	3	10	2	2	3	1	1	3	.200	.273	.500	.773	0	0	0	0	9
Total	100	3372	426	834	406	101	319	807	.247	.316	.399	.715	186	11	76	23	2232

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	19	19	5-7	0	0	119.1	3.77	108	52	50	14	34	96	.243	1.19	245
S. Lugo SP	20	20	3-6	0	0	110.2	4.39	120	62	54	15	36	89	.280	1.41	186
N. Cameron SP	19	19	5-8	0	0	100.2	5.27	113	64	59	14	34	92	.279	1.46	150
L. Erceg RP	40	0	4-3	12	18	38.1	5.40	42	27	23	5	23	27	.286	1.70	133
K. Bubic SP	9	9	3-2	0	0	50.1	4.11	36	23	23	4	26	51	.200	1.23	113
S. Kolek SP	10	10	4-3	0	0	54.0	4.50	55	30	27	8	12	34	.262	1.24	111
D. Lynch IV RP	40	0	3-2	1	3	40.1	2.23	26	13	10	2	12	33	.178	0.94	105
L. Avila SP	18	9	4-3	0	0	56.2	5.08	58	32	32	6	34	50	.276	1.62	83
A. Lange RP	38	0	0-5	8	9	39.0	6.00	37	28	26	3	22	37	.252	1.51	76
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	66
S. Cruz RP	31	2	2-2	0	1	33.0	4.64	27	18	17	9	16	41	.223	1.30	62
J. Schreiber RP	41	0	0-3	1	2	37.1	3.38	34	17	14	6	14	28	.250	1.29	55
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
B. Way RP	18	0	1-0	0	0	22.1	3.22	24	11	8	4	10	21	.276	1.52	42
M. Strahm RP	36	0	3-3	0	3	32.1	7.24	35	26	26	10	13	26	.267	1.48	40
C. Seabold RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	9.00	7	6	5	0	4	5	.318	2.20	31
N. Mears RP	21	0	2-3	0	2	19.1	5.12	18	11	11	2	11	15	.257	1.50	24
E. Morgan RP	16	0	0-1	1	1	19.1	5.12	24	11	11	5	9	16	.300	1.71	22
R. Dobnak RP	3	1	0-0	0	0	14.0	1.93	13	3	3	2	8	7	.241	1.50	21
M. Black RP	12	0	0-0	0	0	17.2	3.57	19	7	7	3	11	15	.279	1.70	21
J. Cuas RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	6.1	2.84	8	2	2	0	2	9	.296	1.58	11
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
B. Falter RP	5	2	0-2	0	0	9.2	13.97	24	15	15	4	6	6	.471	3.10	-23
M. Spence RP	3	1	0-2	0	0	9.1	21.21	19	22	22	3	9	6	.413	3.00	-29
Total	100	100	40-60	23	40	880.2	4.99	899	525	488	136	384	756	.265	1.46	1584

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