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	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Jameson Taillon	Hamstring	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Tyler Austin	Knee	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Hunter Harvey	Triceps	07-06-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 7
Justin Steele	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Hoby Milner	Abdomen	07-26-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 27
Phil Maton	Knee	07-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 11
Edward Cabrera	Hamstring	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Ethan Roberts	Forearm	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Daniel Palencia	Elbow	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
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	07-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 9
Riley Martin	Elbow	07-06-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 7

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	07-09-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 10
Cole Ragans	Elbow	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Maikel Garcia	Hand	07-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 4
Kris Bubic	Elbow	07-11-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 12
Kyle Isbel	Foot	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
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
Alec Marsh	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Nick Mears	Shoulder	07-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 4
Nick Loftin	Groin	06-29-2026Probable for Jun 30
Vinnie Pasquantino	Hand	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Jac Caglianone	Groin	06-29-2026Probable for Jun 30

	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	85	320	52	90	45	17	38	96	.281	.370	.506	.876	13	4	20	5	293
I. Happ LF	81	303	56	67	41	17	46	113	.221	.331	.452	.783	15	2	4	0	235
N. Hoerner 2B	83	333	35	81	36	4	34	27	.243	.319	.342	.661	21	0	12	2	232
M. Busch 1B	84	305	33	71	45	9	59	85	.233	.368	.380	.748	14	2	2	0	222
D. Swanson SS	81	272	49	53	46	11	37	76	.195	.290	.368	.658	10	2	10	0	215
A. Bregman 3B	83	326	39	79	27	6	43	61	.242	.339	.337	.676	11	1	2	1	198
S. Suzuki RF	69	256	39	68	39	12	32	78	.266	.350	.449	.799	11	0	0	0	189
C. Kelly C	62	192	30	53	29	4	23	35	.276	.362	.391	.753	10	0	0	0	142
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. Conforto RF	54	116	15	27	17	5	16	39	.233	.323	.448	.771	10	0	1	0	82
M. Amaya C	47	114	18	25	10	3	16	31	.219	.350	.351	.701	6	0	0	0	75
P. Ramirez 2B	21	50	7	13	6	1	3	9	.260	.302	.380	.682	3	0	2	0	34
J. Dean RF	5	4	2	2	3	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0	1	0	0	8
S. Kingery 2B	8	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	1	0	5
K. Alcantara DH	12	9	1	1	0	0	1	4	.111	.200	.111	.311	0	0	0	1	0
D. Carlson LF	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	85	2899	416	699	387	99	377	722	.241	.336	.400	.736	136	14	59	10	2132

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Imanaga SP	17	17	5-6	0	0	98.1	4.30	83	48	47	20	23	92	.226	1.08	211
B. Brown RP	20	8	4-2	1	2	68.0	1.85	45	16	14	2	19	65	.186	0.94	190
C. Kelly C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	18.00	2	2	2	2	0	0	.400	2.00	142
C. Rea SP	17	13	5-5	1	1	84.1	4.80	88	46	45	12	31	63	.267	1.41	138
E. Cabrera SP	14	14	5-4	0	0	72.1	5.10	72	46	41	14	29	65	.262	1.40	133
J. Assad SP	12	6	6-1	0	0	49.0	4.04	40	22	22	8	11	30	.225	1.04	128
J. Taillon SP	13	13	2-5	0	0	67.2	5.19	65	40	39	20	23	59	.248	1.30	104
R. Rolison RP	26	2	5-1	0	1	31.2	1.99	22	9	7	4	13	31	.208	1.11	98
J. Webb RP	37	0	3-2	2	6	36.1	3.47	35	17	14	6	14	45	.245	1.35	93
D. Peterson SP	1	1	1-0	0	0	5.2	3.18	5	2	2	1	0	2	.250	0.88	90
H. Milner RP	38	0	1-0	1	2	35.2	3.53	34	14	14	4	9	18	.256	1.21	70
T. Thornton RP	19	0	3-2	1	1	24.0	2.63	15	8	7	4	10	11	.185	1.04	62
D. Palencia RP	19	0	2-1	3	3	16.2	2.70	17	5	5	2	6	19	.266	1.38	61
C. Thielbar RP	27	0	2-2	2	5	23.1	4.24	17	12	11	5	13	29	.198	1.29	61
M. Boyd SP	6	6	2-1	0	0	28.2	5.02	29	17	16	2	10	35	.261	1.36	60
C. Horton P	2	2	1-0	0	0	7.1	2.45	4	2	2	1	2	4	.167	0.82	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	30	0	0-1	0	2	26.2	6.08	32	18	18	5	15	31	.299	1.76	20
B. Wilson RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	4.1	0.00	4	0	0	0	0	4	.235	0.92	15
T. Blach RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	2	.111	0.33	9
T. Ferguson RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.1	2.08	4	1	1	1	0	7	.235	0.92	8
Y. Rios RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0.00	6
G. Hollowell RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.2	4.76	5	3	3	2	6	5	.238	1.94	5
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
J. Wicks SP	3	2	0-2	1	1	7.1	13.50	13	11	11	1	2	6	.382	2.05	-5
Total	85	85	47-38	13	26	756.1	4.21	682	375	354	127	263	669	.240	1.25	1775

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	79	309	42	89	33	10	37	60	.288	.363	.456	.819	20	1	28	4	276
C. Jensen C	78	267	39	67	45	11	27	79	.251	.317	.438	.755	17	0	1	0	191
J. Caglianone RF	78	268	39	71	30	14	25	90	.265	.337	.481	.818	12	2	3	1	187
M. Garcia 3B	69	268	32	70	30	3	24	45	.261	.320	.373	.693	17	2	5	3	170
V. Pasquantino 1B	68	254	28	57	32	6	32	51	.224	.309	.350	.659	10	2	3	0	162
S. Perez C	79	310	29	63	30	10	12	66	.203	.244	.332	.576	10	0	0	0	147
I. Collins LF	75	235	29	54	24	3	34	65	.230	.339	.323	.662	13	0	4	4	140
M. Massey 2B	66	193	24	51	27	7	9	33	.264	.293	.446	.739	14	0	2	0	133
L. Thomas CF	70	185	20	40	23	5	30	48	.216	.329	.335	.664	7	0	4	3	118
N. Loftin 3B	48	139	21	33	24	3	17	22	.237	.331	.403	.734	12	1	1	0	113
K. Isbel CF	56	164	16	40	11	3	10	41	.244	.298	.354	.652	7	1	5	0	87
S. Marte RF	38	94	11	25	7	1	8	28	.266	.330	.340	.670	4	0	1	1	47
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
T. Tolbert SS	28	32	10	7	1	0	4	10	.219	.297	.219	.516	0	0	7	2	29
J. Rave RF	8	15	3	4	1	1	3	6	.267	.389	.733	1.122	2	1	0	0	15
K. Misner CF	13	32	1	9	4	0	1	13	.281	.303	.313	.616	1	0	3	1	14
J. Rojas 3B	8	15	2	4	4	1	0	2	.267	.267	.533	.800	1	0	0	0	13
Total	85	2850	357	697	339	82	282	677	.245	.316	.391	.707	150	10	67	19	1876

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	17	17	5-5	0	0	108.2	3.31	94	42	40	10	30	84	.234	1.14	246
S. Lugo SP	16	16	3-5	0	0	90.1	4.18	94	46	42	10	30	69	.272	1.37	161
N. Cameron SP	15	15	4-5	0	0	80.0	4.50	84	45	40	8	22	75	.263	1.33	147
L. Erceg RP	33	0	3-3	12	18	31.2	5.40	36	21	19	3	20	25	.295	1.77	120
S. Kolek SP	9	9	4-2	0	0	52.0	4.15	51	27	24	8	11	34	.255	1.19	118
K. Bubic SP	9	9	3-2	0	0	50.1	4.11	36	23	23	4	26	51	.200	1.23	113
D. Lynch RP	35	0	2-2	1	3	34.0	2.65	24	13	10	2	11	30	.190	1.03	81
A. Lange RP	35	0	0-4	7	7	36.1	4.95	33	22	20	2	21	37	.244	1.49	78
L. Avila RP	16	7	3-3	0	0	46.2	5.40	48	28	28	5	30	43	.276	1.67	60
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
M. Strahm RP	29	0	3-1	0	3	26.2	5.74	25	17	17	8	10	20	.240	1.31	52
J. Schreiber RP	36	0	0-3	1	2	33.0	3.27	30	14	12	6	12	26	.252	1.27	49
S. Cruz RP	23	1	2-2	0	1	25.1	5.68	23	17	16	8	14	34	.237	1.46	44
C. Seabold RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.1	8.31	7	4	4	0	2	5	.350	2.08	33
T. Tolbert SS	4	0	0-0	0	0	3.2	17.18	11	7	7	2	2	0	.550	3.55	29
N. Mears RP	21	0	2-3	0	2	19.1	5.12	18	11	11	2	11	15	.257	1.50	24
M. Black RP	12	0	0-0	0	0	17.2	3.57	19	7	7	3	11	15	.279	1.70	21
B. Way RP	10	0	0-0	0	0	13.2	3.95	14	6	6	3	7	14	.259	1.54	21
E. Morgan RP	14	0	0-1	1	1	17.1	5.19	23	10	10	4	8	15	.311	1.79	18
E. Cerantola RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	9.00	3	4	4	2	4	7	.214	1.75	4
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	85	85	35-50	22	38	749.2	4.83	747	427	402	108	322	656	.260	1.43	1406

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