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	05-03-2026Expected to be out until at least May 4
Jordan Wicks	Elbow	05-03-2026Expected to be out until at least May 4
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	05-03-2026Expected to be out until at least May 4
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	05-03-2026Expected to be out until at least May 4

	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	33	133	18	40	26	4	13	14	.301	.375	.466	.841	10	0	7	0	130
I. Happ LF	32	121	25	30	15	8	24	41	.248	.381	.512	.893	6	1	1	0	109
D. Swanson SS	33	108	24	23	24	6	21	29	.213	.338	.417	.755	2	1	2	0	104
M. Ballesteros C	30	82	14	26	18	6	9	15	.317	.380	.598	.978	5	0	0	0	82
A. Bregman 3B	34	136	12	33	12	3	18	24	.243	.333	.353	.686	4	1	1	0	81
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	34	127	20	30	13	3	10	39	.236	.302	.354	.656	4	1	6	3	79
M. Busch 3B	33	124	15	27	17	2	17	33	.218	.317	.339	.656	7	1	0	0	76
C. Kelly C	25	83	13	27	13	2	12	15	.325	.417	.446	.863	4	0	0	0	68
S. Suzuki RF	21	78	15	24	10	5	11	23	.308	.402	.526	.928	2	0	0	0	67
M. Shaw SS	30	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	17	30	5	9	5	0	7	10	.300	.421	.433	.854	4	0	0	0	25
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	34	1165	185	304	169	44	155	277	.261	.353	.430	.783	55	5	20	4	921

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	6	6	3-0	0	0	35.1	3.06	30	14	12	3	12	29	.234	1.19	95
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	11	0	1-1	1	2	24.2	1.82	17	7	5	1	7	23	.195	0.97	65
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	16	0	0-0	1	1	16.0	2.25	11	4	4	2	4	5	.196	0.94	36
C. Thielbar RP	11	0	2-2	2	3	8.2	3.12	6	4	3	2	5	11	.182	1.27	35
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
R. Rolison RP	4	0	1-0	0	0	6.2	4.05	6	3	3	1	1	5	.250	1.05	19
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	8	0	0-1	0	0	7.0	10.29	10	8	8	1	5	10	.333	2.14	-5
Total	34	34	22-12	8	12	303.0	3.89	256	143	131	39	100	278	.227	1.17	733

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	34	135	12	38	15	2	17	28	.281	.357	.407	.764	9	1	10	2	103
M. Garcia 3B	32	126	18	34	13	3	13	24	.270	.333	.429	.762	9	1	4	2	92
V. Pasquantino 1B	32	117	14	22	16	4	16	29	.188	.283	.350	.633	3	2	0	0	73
C. Jensen C	32	100	13	23	17	6	13	34	.230	.322	.430	.752	2	0	0	0	70
S. Perez C	33	131	13	27	13	5	4	29	.206	.245	.359	.604	5	0	0	0	65
K. Isbel CF	28	83	12	24	8	3	5	22	.289	.352	.446	.798	4	0	5	0	64
J. Caglianone 1B	30	98	13	25	7	3	10	34	.255	.336	.418	.754	5	1	0	1	55
I. Collins LF	29	89	12	21	11	2	13	30	.236	.343	.337	.680	3	0	1	3	52
L. Thomas RF	27	61	7	15	6	1	13	13	.246	.387	.311	.698	1	0	3	1	44
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
N. Loftin 1B	11	31	7	8	7	0	6	3	.258	.378	.355	.733	3	0	0	0	29
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	34	1130	140	272	133	33	122	289	.241	.320	.386	.706	55	5	25	11	738

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
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
M. Wacha SP	6	6	2-2	0	0	37.1	3.13	28	13	13	4	14	33	.212	1.13	88
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
N. Mears RP	13	0	2-1	0	2	11.2	2.31	6	3	3	0	7	9	.158	1.11	32
M. Strahm RP	13	0	1-0	0	1	12.2	3.55	10	5	5	2	6	14	.208	1.26	30
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
M. Black P	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	0.00	7	0	0	0	2	5	.350	1.93	7
A. Lange RP	12	0	0-2	0	0	13.2	6.59	13	11	10	2	10	19	.245	1.68	6
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	34	34	15-19	12	19	301.1	4.39	271	157	147	40	147	296	.242	1.39	624

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