Chicago Cubs vs. Kansas City Royals Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - August 8, 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
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	08-03-2026Expected 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
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	82	310	50	88	45	17	33	92	.284	.365	.516	.881	13	4	18	5	281
I. Happ LF	78	291	54	66	38	16	45	107	.227	.337	.457	.794	15	2	4	0	228
N. Hoerner 2B	80	322	34	76	35	4	34	27	.236	.313	.339	.652	21	0	12	2	224
M. Busch 1B	81	295	32	70	44	9	55	80	.237	.368	.386	.754	13	2	2	0	217
D. Swanson SS	78	260	48	51	46	11	37	72	.196	.295	.373	.668	9	2	10	0	213
A. Bregman 3B	80	315	37	77	26	6	41	59	.244	.340	.343	.683	11	1	2	1	191
S. Suzuki RF	66	242	37	63	33	11	32	75	.260	.351	.438	.789	10	0	0	0	173
C. Kelly C	60	188	30	52	29	4	22	35	.277	.362	.388	.750	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	54	127	18	31	20	4	10	26	.244	.312	.417	.729	6	2	4	1	98
M. Conforto RF	51	109	14	25	15	4	16	38	.229	.325	.431	.756	10	0	1	0	75
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	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	82	2797	401	676	373	96	362	690	.242	.336	.402	.738	131	14	57	10	2062

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
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
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	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
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 RP	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	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.1	2.70	3	1	1	1	0	5	.231	0.90	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	82	82	44-38	12	25	728.1	4.30	656	368	348	125	256	645	.240	1.25	1618

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	77	302	41	88	32	10	36	58	.291	.367	.460	.827	19	1	28	4	272
J. Caglianone RF	77	264	39	71	30	14	25	89	.269	.341	.489	.830	12	2	3	1	187
C. Jensen C	76	258	39	63	42	11	27	77	.244	.313	.434	.747	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	77	301	29	60	30	10	12	63	.199	.241	.329	.570	9	0	0	0	144
I. Collins LF	73	230	28	52	23	3	33	65	.226	.333	.317	.650	12	0	4	4	133
M. Massey 2B	64	188	24	49	27	7	7	33	.261	.283	.447	.730	14	0	2	0	129
N. Loftin 3B	47	136	21	33	24	3	17	21	.243	.338	.412	.750	12	1	1	0	113
L. Thomas CF	68	176	19	38	22	5	30	45	.216	.333	.341	.674	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	26	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	6	13	2	4	4	1	0	1	.308	.308	.615	.923	1	0	0	0	13
K. Misner CF	11	28	1	8	4	0	1	12	.286	.310	.321	.631	1	0	2	1	12
Total	83	2782	351	680	333	82	277	660	.244	.317	.393	.710	146	10	62	19	1833

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
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	34	0	2-1	1	3	33.2	2.41	21	12	9	2	11	30	.172	0.95	89
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
M. Strahm RP	28	0	3-1	0	3	25.2	5.96	25	17	17	8	10	20	.248	1.36	49
J. Schreiber RP	35	0	0-3	1	2	32.2	3.31	29	14	12	6	12	25	.248	1.26	48
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
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	4	0	0-0	0	0	3.2	17.18	11	7	7	2	2	0	.550	3.55	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 SP	3	1	0-2	0	0	9.1	21.21	19	22	22	3	9	6	.413	3.00	-29
Total	83	83	34-49	21	37	732.1	4.87	730	421	396	107	316	642	.260	1.43	1357

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