Chicago Cubs vs. Kansas City Royals Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - August 7, 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
Edward Cabrera	Hamstring	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	08-13-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 14
Porter Hodge	Elbow	04-30-2027Expected to be out until at least May 1
Riley Martin	Elbow	07-06-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 7

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	06-30-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 1
Cole Ragans	Elbow	08-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 4
Maikel Garcia	Hand	07-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 4
Kris Bubic	Elbow	07-05-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 6
Kyle Isbel	Foot	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Stephen Kolek	Personal	07-01-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 2
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	Knee	06-25-2026Probable for Jun 26
Alec Marsh	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Nick Mears	Shoulder	06-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 28
Vinnie Pasquantino	Hand	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17

	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	81	307	49	88	45	17	32	90	.287	.367	.521	.888	13	4	18	5	280
I. Happ LF	77	288	54	66	38	16	44	106	.229	.338	.462	.800	15	2	4	0	228
N. Hoerner 2B	79	318	34	76	35	4	34	26	.239	.317	.343	.660	21	0	12	2	225
M. Busch 1B	80	292	32	70	44	9	54	80	.240	.370	.390	.760	13	2	2	0	216
D. Swanson SS	77	256	48	51	46	11	37	71	.199	.299	.379	.678	9	2	10	0	213
A. Bregman 3B	79	312	37	76	26	6	40	58	.244	.338	.343	.681	11	1	2	1	190
S. Suzuki RF	65	240	36	62	31	10	31	74	.258	.349	.425	.774	10	0	0	0	166
C. Kelly C	59	185	30	52	29	4	21	34	.281	.364	.395	.759	9	0	0	0	139
M. Ballesteros DH	59	156	16	36	23	6	17	36	.231	.303	.385	.688	6	0	1	0	100
M. Shaw RF	53	126	18	31	20	4	9	26	.246	.309	.421	.730	6	2	4	1	97
M. Amaya C	45	108	18	24	10	3	16	27	.222	.359	.352	.711	5	0	0	0	75
M. Conforto RF	50	107	14	24	15	4	16	38	.224	.323	.430	.753	10	0	1	0	74
P. Ramirez 2B	20	49	7	13	6	1	3	8	.265	.308	.388	.696	3	0	2	0	35
J. Dean RF	3	3	1	2	3	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.333	2.000	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	81	2769	399	673	371	95	355	682	.243	.337	.403	.740	131	14	57	10	2051

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Imanaga SP	16	16	5-6	0	0	92.0	4.40	74	46	45	20	23	88	.216	1.05	198
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	139
E. Cabrera SP	14	14	5-4	0	0	72.1	5.10	72	46	41	14	29	65	.262	1.40	133
C. Rea SP	16	12	5-5	1	1	79.1	4.99	83	45	44	12	28	59	.267	1.40	130
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	25	1	5-1	0	1	29.2	1.82	20	8	6	3	13	29	.202	1.11	94
J. Webb RP	35	0	2-2	2	6	34.1	3.67	34	17	14	6	13	40	.250	1.37	80
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
M. Boyd SP	6	6	2-1	0	0	28.2	5.02	29	17	16	2	10	35	.261	1.36	60
C. Thielbar RP	25	0	2-2	2	5	22.0	4.50	16	12	11	5	11	27	.198	1.23	59
T. Thornton RP	17	0	2-2	1	1	22.0	2.86	14	8	7	4	9	10	.187	1.05	51
E. Roberts RP	21	0	0-1	0	0	24.2	3.28	18	10	9	2	12	17	.207	1.22	35
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
P. Maton RP	30	0	0-1	0	2	26.2	6.08	32	18	18	5	15	31	.299	1.76	20
T. Blach RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	2	.111	0.33	9
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
T. Ferguson RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.1	6.75	3	1	1	1	0	3	.429	2.25	5
J. Murray RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	27.00	2	3	3	1	1	2	.400	3.00	5
G. Hollowell RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.1	6.23	5	3	3	2	5	3	.294	2.31	1
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	2	2	0-2	0	0	6.1	15.63	13	11	11	1	1	6	.406	2.21	-14
Total	81	81	44-37	12	24	720.1	4.27	645	362	342	123	251	637	.239	1.24	1617

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	76	299	40	88	32	10	35	57	.294	.368	.465	.833	19	1	28	4	270
J. Caglianone RF	76	261	39	70	30	14	24	87	.268	.339	.483	.822	12	1	3	1	184
C. Jensen C	75	254	39	62	42	11	27	76	.244	.314	.437	.751	16	0	1	0	184
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	76	298	29	60	30	10	12	61	.201	.244	.332	.576	9	0	0	0	145
I. Collins LF	72	227	28	51	23	3	33	65	.225	.333	.313	.646	11	0	4	4	131
M. Massey 2B	63	184	24	49	27	7	7	32	.266	.289	.457	.746	14	0	2	0	130
N. Loftin 3B	46	133	21	33	24	3	17	20	.248	.344	.421	.765	12	1	1	0	114
L. Thomas CF	67	173	19	38	22	5	29	43	.220	.335	.347	.682	7	0	3	3	113
K. Isbel CF	56	164	16	40	11	3	10	41	.244	.298	.354	.652	7	1	5	0	87
S. Marte RF	36	88	9	23	7	1	7	26	.261	.323	.341	.664	4	0	0	1	41
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
T. Tolbert SS	25	29	9	7	1	0	4	10	.241	.324	.241	.565	0	0	5	2	24
J. Rave RF	7	13	3	4	1	1	3	5	.308	.438	.846	1.284	2	1	0	0	15
J. Rojas 2B	5	10	2	3	4	1	0	1	.300	.300	.700	1.000	1	0	0	0	12
K. Misner CF	11	28	1	8	4	0	1	12	.286	.310	.321	.631	1	0	2	1	12
Total	82	2753	350	676	333	82	274	650	.246	.318	.394	.712	145	9	62	19	1828

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	16	16	5-5	0	0	101.0	3.48	88	41	39	10	29	77	.236	1.16	224
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	31	0	3-3	12	18	29.2	5.16	34	19	17	2	19	25	.296	1.79	119
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	33	0	2-1	1	3	33.0	2.45	20	12	9	2	11	30	.168	0.94	88
A. Lange RP	33	0	0-4	6	6	35.0	3.86	29	17	15	2	19	36	.228	1.37	78
L. Avila RP	15	6	3-3	0	0	42.2	5.06	42	24	24	4	27	39	.268	1.62	59
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
J. Schreiber RP	34	0	0-3	1	2	31.2	2.56	24	10	9	5	12	24	.220	1.14	53
M. Strahm RP	28	0	3-1	0	3	25.2	5.96	25	17	17	8	10	20	.248	1.36	49
C. Seabold RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	2	.125	0.86	33
S. Cruz RP	21	0	1-2	0	1	23.0	6.26	23	17	16	8	13	30	.256	1.57	29
N. Mears RP	21	0	2-3	0	2	19.1	5.12	18	11	11	2	11	15	.257	1.50	24
T. Tolbert SS	3	0	0-0	0	0	2.2	23.63	10	7	7	2	1	0	.588	4.13	24
M. Black RP	12	0	0-0	0	0	17.2	3.57	19	7	7	3	11	15	.279	1.70	21
E. Morgan RP	14	0	0-1	1	1	17.1	5.19	23	10	10	4	8	15	.311	1.79	18
B. Way RP	8	0	0-0	0	0	11.1	3.97	11	5	5	2	6	11	.250	1.50	17
E. Cerantola RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	9.00	3	4	4	2	4	7	.214	1.75	4
M. Spence SP	2	1	0-1	0	0	8.0	13.50	11	12	12	1	6	4	.324	2.13	-8
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
Total	82	82	34-48	21	37	724.1	4.66	707	399	375	102	309	633	.256	1.40	1387

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