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
Tyler Austin	Knee	05-22-2026Expected to be out until at least May 23
Caleb Thielbar	Hamstring	05-08-2026Expected to be out until at least May 9
Hunter Harvey	Triceps	05-07-2026Expected to be out until at least May 8
Justin Steele	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Ethan Roberts	Finger	05-04-2026Expected to be out until at least May 5
Jordan Wicks	Elbow	05-07-2026Expected to be out until at least May 8
Cade Horton	Elbow	07-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Aug 1, 2027
Porter Hodge	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Riley Martin	Elbow	06-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 22

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Foot	05-11-2026Expected to be out until at least May 12
Stephen Kolek	Oblique	05-04-2026Expected to be out until at least May 5
James McArthur	Elbow	05-23-2026Expected to be out until at least May 24
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
Bailey Falter	Elbow	05-04-2026Expected to be out until at least May 5
Noah Cameron	Back	05-09-2026Expected to be out until at least May 10

	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
N. Hoerner 2B	34	137	18	41	27	4	13	14	.299	.369	.460	.829	10	0	7	0	132
I. Happ LF	33	124	26	30	15	8	25	43	.242	.377	.500	.877	6	1	1	0	110
D. Swanson SS	34	112	24	23	24	6	21	30	.205	.328	.402	.730	2	1	2	0	104
A. Bregman 3B	35	139	13	34	12	3	19	24	.245	.338	.360	.698	5	1	1	0	85
M. Ballesteros C	31	85	14	26	18	6	10	15	.306	.375	.576	.951	5	0	0	0	83
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	35	131	21	31	13	3	10	40	.237	.301	.366	.667	4	2	6	3	83
S. Suzuki RF	22	81	16	26	13	6	12	23	.321	.417	.568	.985	2	0	0	0	77
M. Busch 3B	34	127	15	27	17	2	18	33	.213	.315	.331	.646	7	1	0	0	77
C. Kelly C	26	86	13	27	13	2	13	16	.314	.410	.430	.840	4	0	0	0	69
M. Shaw SS	31	79	10	22	10	3	5	16	.278	.318	.468	.786	6	0	2	1	57
M. Amaya C	20	52	10	12	6	2	8	14	.231	.355	.365	.720	1	0	0	0	38
M. Conforto RF	18	31	6	10	6	1	7	10	.323	.436	.548	.984	4	0	0	0	31
S. Kingery 2B	8	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	1	0	5
N. Lopez 3B	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
D. Carlson CF	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	35	1196	190	310	174	46	161	282	.259	.352	.431	.783	56	6	20	4	951

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Imanaga RP	7	7	3-2	0	0	41.1	2.40	25	12	11	3	10	43	.169	0.85	122
E. Cabrera SP	7	7	3-0	0	0	41.1	3.27	39	17	15	5	14	37	.255	1.28	106
C. Rea SP	7	4	4-1	1	1	32.2	4.41	34	16	16	3	9	30	.262	1.32	86
J. Taillon SP	6	6	2-1	0	0	34.2	4.41	27	18	17	9	13	31	.213	1.15	79
B. Brown SP	12	0	1-1	1	2	25.2	2.10	18	8	6	1	8	24	.198	1.01	66
M. Boyd SP	5	5	2-1	0	0	24.0	6.00	25	17	16	2	6	31	.266	1.29	52
H. Milner RP	17	0	0-0	1	1	16.2	2.16	11	4	4	2	5	5	.190	0.96	37
C. Thielbar RP	11	0	2-2	2	3	8.2	3.12	6	4	3	2	5	11	.182	1.27	35
R. Rolison RP	5	0	2-0	0	0	7.2	3.52	6	3	3	1	1	8	.222	0.91	31
J. Assad RP	5	3	2-1	0	0	19.0	7.58	22	16	16	3	6	11	.289	1.47	27
D. Palencia RP	5	0	1-0	1	1	5.0	0.00	3	0	0	0	2	5	.176	1.00	26
C. Horton P	2	2	1-0	0	0	7.1	2.45	4	2	2	1	2	4	.167	0.82	26
R. Martin P	8	1	0-0	0	0	8.1	2.16	5	2	2	1	2	10	.179	0.84	21
J. Webb RP	14	0	0-1	1	3	12.2	4.26	16	9	6	3	7	15	.314	1.82	18
C. Martin RP	6	0	0-0	1	1	5.0	5.40	2	3	3	1	5	4	.118	1.40	14
E. Roberts RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	2.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	2	.125	0.38	6
V. Velasquez SP	1	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	1	.125	0.43	6
Y. Rios RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0.00	6
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
C. Barnes SP	1	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	9.00	4	4	3	0	3	1	.308	2.33	-1
P. Maton RP	9	0	0-1	0	0	7.1	9.82	10	8	8	1	5	10	.323	2.05	-4
Total	35	35	23-12	8	12	312.0	3.89	266	147	135	41	104	290	.229	1.19	759

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	35	139	14	39	16	3	17	29	.281	.354	.424	.778	9	1	11	2	111
M. Garcia 3B	33	130	18	34	13	3	13	24	.262	.324	.415	.739	9	1	4	2	92
V. Pasquantino 1B	33	121	15	24	17	4	16	30	.198	.289	.364	.653	4	2	1	0	80
C. Jensen C	33	104	14	24	17	6	13	35	.231	.319	.423	.742	2	0	0	0	71
S. Perez C	34	135	14	28	14	5	4	29	.207	.245	.356	.601	5	0	0	0	68
K. Isbel CF	28	83	12	24	8	3	5	22	.289	.352	.446	.798	4	0	5	0	64
J. Caglianone 1B	31	101	14	26	8	4	11	35	.257	.342	.446	.788	5	1	0	1	61
I. Collins LF	30	91	12	21	11	2	15	32	.231	.349	.330	.679	3	0	1	3	53
L. Thomas RF	28	64	7	15	6	1	14	14	.234	.380	.297	.677	1	0	3	1	45
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
N. Loftin 1B	12	35	7	9	9	0	6	3	.257	.366	.343	.709	3	0	0	0	32
M. Massey 2B	23	62	6	12	7	1	3	18	.194	.224	.323	.547	5	0	1	0	29
E. Diaz C	4	11	2	4	3	1	1	1	.364	.417	.818	1.235	2	0	0	0	14
S. Marte RF	13	33	2	10	2	0	0	10	.303	.314	.394	.708	3	0	0	1	12
T. Tolbert SS	8	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	1	1	2
Total	35	1162	146	279	139	35	126	296	.240	.319	.387	.706	56	5	27	11	768

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	7	7	3-2	0	0	44.1	3.05	32	15	15	5	15	36	.204	1.06	114
K. Bubic SP	7	7	3-1	0	0	40.2	3.32	27	15	15	3	19	42	.189	1.13	109
S. Lugo SP	7	7	1-1	0	0	43.2	2.68	40	14	13	1	13	37	.250	1.21	100
L. Erceg RP	15	0	2-1	9	11	14.1	3.77	10	7	6	0	10	13	.208	1.40	95
D. Lynch SP	13	0	1-0	1	2	13.2	1.98	5	6	3	1	3	18	.106	0.59	52
C. Ragans RP	7	7	1-4	0	0	32.1	5.29	26	20	19	10	21	41	.224	1.45	47
N. Cameron P	6	6	2-2	0	0	31.2	5.40	40	22	19	5	11	28	.301	1.61	46
M. Strahm RP	14	0	1-0	0	1	13.2	3.29	10	5	5	2	6	14	.196	1.17	33
N. Mears RP	13	0	2-1	0	2	11.2	2.31	6	3	3	0	7	9	.158	1.11	32
E. Morgan RP	7	0	0-1	1	1	10.1	2.61	8	3	3	2	6	9	.205	1.35	20
J. Schreiber RP	14	0	0-2	1	1	12.1	4.38	11	6	6	2	8	5	.256	1.54	10
A. Lange RP	13	0	0-2	0	0	14.2	6.14	14	11	10	2	10	19	.250	1.64	8
M. Black P	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	0.00	7	0	0	0	2	5	.350	1.93	7
T. Tolbert SS	1	0	0-0	0	0	0.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	1.50	2
L. Avila SP	4	1	0-1	0	0	9.0	7.00	16	7	7	1	4	9	.400	2.22	0
S. Cruz RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	14.40	7	8	8	4	4	7	.318	2.20	0
M. Spence SP	1	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	13.50	4	6	6	1	5	3	.267	2.25	-1
B. Falter SP	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.1	13.50	8	5	5	1	2	4	.444	3.00	-3
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
Total	35	35	16-19	12	19	310.1	4.32	276	159	149	41	148	299	.239	1.37	655

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