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
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
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	08-31-2026Expected 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	07-05-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 6
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	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	83	315	50	88	45	17	33	95	.279	.360	.508	.868	13	4	18	5	279
I. Happ LF	79	295	55	67	41	17	45	110	.227	.336	.464	.800	15	2	4	0	235
N. Hoerner 2B	81	326	35	78	36	4	34	27	.239	.315	.340	.655	21	0	12	2	228
M. Busch 1B	82	297	33	71	44	9	57	81	.239	.373	.391	.764	14	2	2	0	221
D. Swanson SS	79	264	48	51	46	11	37	74	.193	.291	.367	.658	9	2	10	0	212
A. Bregman 3B	81	318	38	77	27	6	42	60	.242	.338	.340	.678	11	1	2	1	194
S. Suzuki RF	67	247	38	65	35	12	32	75	.263	.352	.449	.801	10	0	0	0	181
C. Kelly C	61	191	30	53	29	4	23	35	.277	.364	.393	.757	10	0	0	0	142
M. Shaw RF	55	130	20	32	20	4	11	27	.246	.317	.415	.732	6	2	4	1	101
M. Ballesteros DH	59	156	16	36	23	6	17	36	.231	.303	.385	.688	6	0	1	0	100
M. Conforto RF	52	110	15	26	16	5	16	38	.236	.331	.464	.795	10	0	1	0	81
M. Amaya C	45	108	18	24	10	3	16	27	.222	.359	.352	.711	5	0	0	0	75
P. Ramirez 2B	20	49	7	13	6	1	3	8	.265	.308	.388	.696	3	0	2	0	35
J. Dean RF	4	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	83	2831	409	685	381	99	367	701	.242	.336	.404	.740	133	14	57	10	2097

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	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	25	1	5-1	0	1	29.2	1.82	20	8	6	3	13	29	.202	1.11	94
D. Peterson SP	1	1	1-0	0	0	5.2	3.18	5	2	2	1	0	2	.250	0.88	90
J. Webb RP	36	0	2-2	2	6	35.1	3.57	34	17	14	6	13	42	.245	1.33	84
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	18	0	2-2	1	1	23.0	2.74	14	8	7	4	10	10	.179	1.04	53
E. Roberts RP	22	0	0-2	0	1	25.2	3.86	20	12	11	3	13	17	.220	1.29	28
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
V. Velasquez RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.1	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	1	.091	0.30	9
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
T. Ferguson RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	3.2	2.45	3	1	1	1	0	6	.214	0.82	6
J. Murray RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	18.00	6	6	6	2	2	6	.400	2.67	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	83	83	45-38	12	25	737.1	4.27	661	370	350	126	257	650	.239	1.25	1721

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	78	306	41	89	32	10	36	58	.291	.365	.461	.826	20	1	28	4	274
J. Caglianone RF	78	268	39	71	30	14	25	90	.265	.337	.481	.818	12	2	3	1	187
C. Jensen C	77	262	39	64	43	11	27	78	.244	.312	.431	.743	16	0	1	0	186
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	78	305	29	61	30	10	12	64	.200	.242	.331	.573	10	0	0	0	146
I. Collins LF	74	232	28	53	23	3	34	65	.228	.337	.319	.656	12	0	4	4	135
M. Massey 2B	65	190	24	51	27	7	8	33	.268	.294	.453	.747	14	0	2	0	132
N. Loftin 3B	48	139	21	33	24	3	17	22	.237	.331	.403	.734	12	1	1	0	113
L. Thomas CF	69	180	19	38	22	5	30	47	.211	.327	.333	.660	7	0	3	3	112
K. Isbel CF	56	164	16	40	11	3	10	41	.244	.298	.354	.652	7	1	5	0	87
S. Marte RF	37	89	10	23	7	1	8	27	.258	.327	.337	.664	4	0	0	1	42
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
T. Tolbert SS	27	29	9	7	1	0	4	10	.241	.324	.241	.565	0	0	7	2	28
J. Rave RF	8	15	3	4	1	1	3	6	.267	.389	.733	1.122	2	1	0	0	15
J. Rojas 2B	7	14	2	4	4	1	0	2	.286	.286	.571	.857	1	0	0	0	13
K. Misner CF	12	28	1	8	4	0	1	12	.286	.310	.321	.631	1	0	2	1	12
Total	84	2813	352	686	334	82	280	669	.244	.316	.391	.707	148	10	64	19	1848

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
S. Kolek SP	9	9	4-2	0	0	52.0	4.15	51	27	24	8	11	34	.255	1.19	118
L. Erceg RP	32	0	3-3	12	18	30.2	5.58	36	21	19	3	19	25	.300	1.79	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	34	0	0-4	6	6	35.1	5.09	33	22	20	2	21	37	.250	1.53	68
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	36	0	0-3	1	2	33.0	3.27	30	14	12	6	12	26	.252	1.27	49
M. Strahm RP	28	0	3-1	0	3	25.2	5.96	25	17	17	8	10	20	.248	1.36	49
S. Cruz RP	22	1	1-2	0	1	24.1	5.92	23	17	16	8	14	33	.245	1.52	33
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	28
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	9	0	0-0	0	0	12.2	4.26	13	6	6	3	6	13	.260	1.50	19
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	84	84	34-50	21	37	740.2	4.84	740	423	398	107	317	650	.261	1.43	1376

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