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
Tyler Austin	Knee	06-30-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 1
Hunter Harvey	Triceps	06-25-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 26
Matthew Boyd	Knee	06-09-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 10
Justin Steele	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Edward Cabrera	Finger	06-04-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 5
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
Matt Shaw	Back	06-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 4
Riley Martin	Elbow	06-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 22

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	06-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 15
Cole Ragans	Elbow	06-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 9
Maikel Garcia	Hamstring	05-31-2026Probable for Jun 1
Kris Bubic	Elbow	06-17-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 18
James McArthur	Elbow	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
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	06-11-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 12

	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	59	238	24	60	33	4	27	20	.252	.335	.357	.692	13	0	11	1	184
I. Happ LF	56	213	39	49	31	13	37	80	.230	.349	.469	.818	10	1	2	0	173
M. Busch 1B	59	214	26	52	35	6	40	57	.243	.370	.388	.758	11	1	1	0	162
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	60	219	33	52	26	7	22	64	.237	.325	.388	.713	8	2	12	4	161
A. Bregman 3B	59	239	28	62	18	5	26	46	.259	.341	.364	.705	8	1	2	1	143
D. Swanson SS	57	191	34	35	27	7	30	52	.183	.293	.330	.623	5	1	5	0	139
S. Suzuki RF	46	172	25	42	19	7	20	51	.244	.332	.395	.727	5	0	0	0	109
C. Kelly C	44	142	18	41	17	2	15	28	.289	.369	.373	.742	6	0	0	0	92
M. Ballesteros DH	48	130	15	30	20	6	15	30	.231	.306	.408	.714	5	0	0	0	88
M. Conforto RF	37	78	12	21	13	4	14	25	.269	.376	.538	.914	9	0	0	0	68
M. Shaw RF	42	95	10	23	12	3	6	18	.242	.291	.400	.691	6	0	3	1	63
M. Amaya C	34	83	15	18	9	3	12	22	.217	.343	.349	.692	2	0	0	0	58
P. Ramirez 2B	4	7	1	2	1	0	1	0	.286	.375	.429	.804	1	0	0	0	6
S. Kingery 2B	8	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	1	0	5
K. Alcantara CF	6	5	0	1	0	0	1	3	.200	.333	.200	.533	0	0	0	0	0
D. Carlson LF	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	60	2039	284	489	261	67	266	500	.240	.335	.388	.723	89	6	37	7	1451

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Imanaga SP	12	12	4-6	0	0	70.0	4.37	57	35	34	13	18	69	.218	1.07	148
B. Brown RP	17	5	2-2	1	2	51.2	1.92	33	13	11	1	15	53	.180	0.93	138
C. Rea SP	12	9	5-3	1	1	59.1	4.70	61	32	31	9	20	49	.263	1.37	120
E. Cabrera SP	10	10	3-2	0	0	54.0	4.00	53	29	24	8	20	47	.262	1.35	110
J. Taillon SP	11	11	2-4	0	0	60.1	5.37	57	37	36	19	20	51	.246	1.28	94
H. Milner RP	26	0	1-0	1	2	25.1	2.49	20	7	7	2	6	12	.217	1.03	61
J. Webb RP	25	0	1-1	1	3	24.2	2.55	24	10	7	3	9	31	.250	1.34	58
M. Boyd SP	5	5	2-1	0	0	24.0	6.00	25	17	16	2	6	31	.266	1.29	52
J. Assad RP	8	3	3-1	0	0	26.0	5.88	26	17	17	4	7	14	.263	1.27	51
D. Palencia RP	13	0	1-0	3	3	11.2	2.31	13	3	3	2	4	12	.283	1.46	49
R. Rolison RP	15	0	3-1	0	1	18.2	2.89	16	8	6	3	10	16	.246	1.39	48
C. Thielbar RP	15	0	2-2	2	3	12.2	2.84	9	5	4	2	8	15	.191	1.34	42
T. Thornton RP	10	0	2-1	0	0	13.2	1.98	8	3	3	2	4	6	.174	0.88	38
E. Roberts RP	12	0	0-0	0	0	16.0	1.69	9	3	3	0	7	12	.173	1.00	33
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	21	0	0-1	0	0	18.2	7.23	22	15	15	3	10	22	.297	1.71	12
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
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
G. Hollowell RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	10.80	2	2	2	1	4	1	.286	3.60	-2
J. Wicks SP	2	2	0-2	0	0	6.1	15.63	13	11	11	1	1	6	.406	2.21	-14
Total	60	60	32-28	10	16	530.1	4.19	475	265	247	82	182	476	.239	1.24	1106

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	59	234	28	67	26	9	24	46	.286	.350	.474	.824	15	1	17	3	197
M. Garcia 3B	56	224	28	60	21	3	20	35	.268	.325	.384	.709	15	1	4	3	142
V. Pasquantino 1B	56	207	21	43	25	5	27	45	.208	.297	.333	.630	7	2	2	0	124
S. Perez C	57	218	21	45	25	9	11	47	.206	.257	.358	.615	6	0	0	0	116
C. Jensen C	54	171	22	39	26	7	20	56	.228	.308	.398	.706	8	0	0	0	109
I. Collins LF	51	157	21	34	16	3	25	50	.217	.335	.318	.653	7	0	3	3	94
J. Caglianone RF	54	178	18	42	11	5	15	60	.236	.303	.382	.685	9	1	1	1	85
K. Isbel CF	49	143	15	36	11	3	8	36	.252	.303	.378	.681	7	1	5	0	83
M. Massey 2B	43	111	13	26	15	4	5	23	.234	.261	.423	.684	9	0	1	0	70
L. Thomas CF	45	101	8	21	10	1	21	27	.208	.344	.267	.611	3	0	3	3	56
N. Loftin 2B	27	67	10	14	13	0	9	10	.209	.321	.313	.634	7	0	0	0	51
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
S. Marte RF	25	57	3	15	2	0	4	18	.263	.328	.316	.644	3	0	0	1	19
E. Diaz C	10	22	3	5	5	2	1	5	.227	.261	.591	.852	2	0	0	0	19
T. Tolbert SS	12	7	2	1	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	0	0	3	1	7
Total	59	1945	221	456	214	53	198	473	.234	.309	.373	.682	99	6	39	15	1206

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	12	12	4-3	0	0	75.1	3.23	58	28	27	8	26	65	.214	1.12	184
S. Lugo SP	12	12	2-4	0	0	71.0	3.55	73	31	28	4	23	60	.269	1.35	136
K. Bubic SP	9	9	3-2	0	0	50.1	4.11	36	23	23	4	26	51	.200	1.23	113
L. Erceg RP	23	0	3-3	11	16	21.1	6.33	28	17	15	1	13	18	.329	1.92	100
S. Kolek SP	5	5	3-1	0	0	31.0	3.48	23	14	12	4	6	19	.202	0.94	85
N. Cameron SP	10	10	2-4	0	0	52.2	4.61	57	30	27	5	17	48	.271	1.41	84
D. Lynch RP	23	0	1-0	1	2	23.1	1.93	15	8	5	1	8	27	.174	0.99	67
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	24	0	0-2	1	1	22.0	2.86	19	7	7	3	10	12	.244	1.32	32
M. Strahm RP	17	0	1-1	0	1	16.1	3.86	14	7	7	3	7	17	.222	1.29	30
A. Lange RP	23	0	0-2	0	0	25.0	4.68	22	14	13	2	13	24	.244	1.40	27
N. Mears RP	21	0	2-3	0	2	19.1	5.12	18	11	11	2	11	15	.257	1.50	24
E. Morgan RP	12	0	0-1	1	1	15.1	5.28	21	9	9	4	7	12	.318	1.83	15
M. Black RP	6	0	0-0	0	0	7.2	2.35	8	2	2	1	3	8	.267	1.43	14
L. Avila RP	10	1	0-2	0	0	21.1	5.06	27	12	12	1	12	20	.325	1.83	13
T. Tolbert SS	2	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	10.80	4	2	2	1	1	0	.500	3.00	7
E. Cerantola RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	9.00	3	4	4	2	4	7	.214	1.75	4
S. Cruz RP	14	0	0-2	0	1	14.0	8.36	15	14	13	7	11	20	.268	1.86	3
M. Spence RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	13.50	4	6	6	1	5	3	.267	2.25	-1
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
Total	59	59	22-37	14	25	521.0	4.54	500	280	263	69	234	477	.253	1.41	976

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