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	06-30-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 1
Caleb Thielbar	Hamstring	05-15-2026Expected to be out until at least May 16
Hunter Harvey	Triceps	06-25-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 26
Matthew Boyd	Knee	06-18-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 19
Justin Steele	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Jordan Wicks	Elbow	05-14-2026Expected to be out until at least May 15
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	Shoulder	06-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 15
Cole Ragans	Elbow	05-21-2026Expected to be out until at least May 22
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	05-11-2026Expected to be out until at least May 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	39	158	20	43	28	4	16	15	.272	.348	.418	.766	11	0	7	0	140
I. Happ LF	38	143	31	34	18	9	29	51	.238	.374	.483	.857	6	1	2	0	127
D. Swanson SS	39	131	26	27	25	6	22	32	.206	.318	.382	.700	3	1	3	0	114
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	40	148	24	37	17	4	12	42	.250	.319	.392	.711	5	2	9	3	108
M. Busch 3B	39	144	17	34	23	3	24	37	.236	.349	.368	.717	8	1	1	0	102
S. Suzuki RF	26	95	19	29	16	7	17	25	.305	.417	.558	.975	3	0	0	0	94
A. Bregman 3B	40	159	16	37	13	3	22	31	.233	.328	.333	.661	5	1	1	0	91
M. Ballesteros C	35	94	14	26	19	6	10	17	.277	.340	.521	.861	5	0	0	0	83
C. Kelly C	29	96	14	28	13	2	14	18	.292	.387	.396	.783	4	0	0	0	71
M. Shaw SS	34	82	10	23	10	3	5	16	.280	.318	.463	.781	6	0	2	1	58
M. Conforto RF	23	44	9	16	8	2	10	13	.364	.473	.659	1.132	7	0	0	0	49
M. Amaya C	23	57	11	13	8	2	10	16	.228	.371	.351	.722	1	0	0	0	44
S. Kingery 2B	8	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	1	0	5
N. Lopez 3B	4	5	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	40	1364	215	348	198	51	191	317	.255	.351	.423	.774	64	6	26	4	1086

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Imanaga RP	8	8	4-2	0	0	47.1	2.28	31	13	12	4	13	53	.179	0.93	145
E. Cabrera SP	8	8	3-1	0	0	46.1	3.88	46	22	20	7	15	43	.266	1.32	106
C. Rea SP	8	5	4-1	1	1	38.0	4.03	40	18	17	4	12	35	.265	1.37	94
J. Taillon SP	7	7	2-1	0	0	40.1	4.24	32	20	19	11	14	36	.215	1.14	91
B. Brown SP	13	1	1-1	1	2	29.2	1.82	18	8	6	1	9	27	.175	0.91	78
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	7	3	3-1	0	0	24.0	6.00	23	16	16	3	7	13	.253	1.25	48
H. Milner RP	18	0	0-0	1	2	17.2	2.55	12	5	5	2	6	6	.197	1.02	38
R. Rolison RP	7	0	3-0	0	0	9.0	4.00	7	4	4	1	4	10	.219	1.22	38
D. Palencia RP	7	0	1-0	2	2	6.1	0.00	4	0	0	0	2	6	.182	0.95	37
C. Thielbar RP	11	0	2-2	2	3	8.2	3.12	6	4	3	2	5	11	.182	1.27	35
J. Webb RP	17	0	0-1	1	3	16.1	3.86	18	10	7	3	8	18	.277	1.59	27
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
E. Roberts RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	3	2	.063	0.71	12
T. Thornton RP	2	0	1-0	0	0	2.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	.167	1.00	11
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
P. Maton RP	10	0	0-1	0	0	8.1	8.64	10	8	8	1	5	11	.294	1.80	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
Total	40	40	27-13	9	14	358.0	3.82	302	165	152	49	127	330	.227	1.20	869

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	40	158	18	47	19	5	19	31	.297	.369	.475	.844	11	1	12	2	137
M. Garcia 3B	38	148	20	40	15	3	16	26	.270	.337	.419	.756	11	1	4	3	105
V. Pasquantino 1B	38	141	16	27	18	5	17	33	.191	.276	.355	.631	4	2	1	0	87
C. Jensen C	37	117	16	26	17	6	15	43	.222	.313	.402	.715	3	0	0	0	74
S. Perez C	39	152	14	29	17	5	6	37	.191	.233	.322	.555	5	0	0	0	70
K. Isbel CF	33	95	13	26	10	3	6	24	.274	.337	.411	.748	4	0	5	0	69
I. Collins LF	34	104	15	26	13	3	17	36	.250	.363	.375	.738	4	0	2	3	69
J. Caglianone 1B	36	118	16	29	8	4	11	40	.246	.321	.415	.736	6	1	0	1	65
M. Massey 2B	27	73	10	17	12	3	3	18	.233	.256	.452	.708	7	0	1	0	51
L. Thomas RF	32	70	7	15	7	1	16	15	.214	.364	.271	.635	1	0	3	2	46
N. Loftin 1B	15	39	8	11	10	0	7	4	.282	.383	.410	.793	5	0	0	0	39
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
S. Marte RF	14	35	2	11	2	0	1	10	.314	.342	.400	.742	3	0	0	1	14
E. Diaz C	6	14	2	4	3	1	1	1	.286	.333	.643	.976	2	0	0	0	14
T. Tolbert SS	8	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	1	1	2
Total	40	1317	166	317	159	41	143	332	.241	.319	.393	.712	67	5	29	13	876

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	8	8	4-2	0	0	51.1	2.63	34	15	15	5	17	42	.188	0.99	143
K. Bubic SP	8	8	3-1	0	0	46.1	3.50	31	18	18	3	23	47	.190	1.17	117
L. Erceg RP	17	0	3-1	10	12	16.1	3.31	11	7	6	0	12	14	.200	1.41	113
S. Lugo SP	8	8	1-2	0	0	47.2	3.21	48	18	17	1	17	42	.270	1.36	94
D. Lynch SP	15	0	1-0	1	2	15.2	1.72	5	6	3	1	4	20	.094	0.57	57
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
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	16	0	2-1	0	2	14.0	1.93	9	3	3	0	7	10	.191	1.14	37
M. Strahm RP	15	0	1-0	0	1	14.2	3.68	12	6	6	2	6	15	.214	1.23	33
S. Kolek RP	1	1	1-0	0	0	6.0	4.50	4	3	3	1	0	3	.182	0.67	22
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	16	0	0-2	1	1	15.0	3.60	14	6	6	2	8	5	.264	1.47	15
A. Lange RP	15	0	0-2	0	0	17.0	6.35	15	13	12	2	12	20	.234	1.59	11
M. Black P	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	0.00	7	0	0	0	2	5	.350	1.93	7
S. Cruz RP	6	0	0-0	0	0	6.0	12.00	7	8	8	4	4	9	.280	1.83	3
T. Tolbert SS	1	0	0-0	0	0	0.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	1.50	2
E. Cerantola P	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	9.00	2	3	3	1	4	5	.200	2.00	2
M. Spence SP	1	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	13.50	4	6	6	1	5	3	.267	2.25	-1
L. Avila SP	6	1	0-2	0	0	12.0	6.75	19	9	9	1	6	12	.373	2.08	-2
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	40	40	19-21	13	20	355.1	4.23	310	177	167	43	171	338	.235	1.35	755

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