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	Undisclosed	05-01-2026Expected to be out until at least May 2
Nico Hoerner	Neck	05-01-2026Probable for May 2
Jordan Wicks	Elbow	05-02-2026Expected to be out until at least May 3
Daniel Palencia	Lat	05-02-2026Expected to be out until at least May 3
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	05-01-2026Expected to be out until at least May 2

	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	32	128	17	38	26	4	13	14	.297	.374	.461	.835	9	0	7	0	123
D. Swanson SS	31	102	24	22	24	6	20	28	.216	.341	.431	.772	2	1	2	0	100
I. Happ LF	30	115	21	26	14	7	21	40	.226	.355	.452	.807	5	0	1	0	89
A. Bregman 3B	32	128	11	33	12	3	17	21	.258	.347	.375	.722	4	1	1	0	76
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	32	120	20	29	13	3	9	38	.242	.305	.358	.663	3	1	6	3	75
M. Ballesteros C	28	74	12	24	16	5	8	13	.324	.386	.595	.981	5	0	0	0	73
S. Suzuki RF	19	70	14	22	9	5	11	20	.314	.422	.543	.965	1	0	0	0	63
C. Kelly C	24	79	13	25	11	2	12	15	.316	.413	.443	.856	4	0	0	0	60
M. Busch 3B	31	118	14	24	13	2	15	31	.203	.301	.297	.598	5	0	0	0	59
M. Shaw SS	29	76	10	22	10	3	5	15	.289	.329	.487	.816	6	0	2	1	58
M. Amaya C	19	50	10	12	6	2	7	13	.240	.356	.380	.736	1	0	0	0	37
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	32	1102	175	287	159	42	145	262	.260	.352	.425	.777	49	3	20	4	843

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
E. Cabrera SP	6	6	3-0	0	0	35.1	3.06	30	14	12	3	12	29	.234	1.19	95
S. Imanaga RP	6	6	2-2	0	0	34.1	2.88	21	12	11	3	9	38	.171	0.87	93
J. Taillon SP	6	6	2-1	0	0	34.2	4.41	27	18	17	9	13	31	.213	1.15	79
C. Rea SP	7	4	4-1	1	1	32.2	4.41	34	16	16	3	9	30	.262	1.32	70
B. Brown SP	10	0	1-1	0	1	22.2	1.99	17	7	5	1	7	22	.210	1.06	52
C. Thielbar RP	11	0	2-2	2	3	8.2	3.12	6	4	3	2	5	11	.182	1.27	35
H. Milner RP	15	0	0-0	1	1	15.0	2.40	10	4	4	2	4	5	.192	0.93	34
M. Boyd SP	4	4	1-1	0	0	18.0	7.00	21	15	14	1	5	26	.288	1.44	29
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. Rolison RP	4	0	1-0	0	0	6.2	4.05	6	3	3	1	1	5	.250	1.05	23
R. Martin P	8	1	0-0	0	0	8.1	2.16	5	2	2	1	2	10	.179	0.84	21
C. Martin RP	5	0	0-0	1	1	4.0	2.25	1	1	1	0	4	2	.077	1.25	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
J. Webb RP	14	0	0-1	1	3	12.2	4.26	16	9	6	3	7	15	.314	1.82	5
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	7	0	0-1	0	0	6.0	12.00	9	8	8	1	4	9	.346	2.17	-9
Total	32	32	20-12	7	11	285.0	4.01	245	139	127	37	96	264	.231	1.20	637

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	32	125	11	36	15	2	17	24	.288	.368	.424	.792	9	1	10	2	99
M. Garcia 3B	30	117	18	32	11	3	13	23	.274	.344	.436	.780	8	1	3	2	83
C. Jensen C	30	94	13	23	16	6	11	30	.245	.327	.457	.784	2	0	0	0	69
V. Pasquantino 1B	30	108	13	19	16	4	16	26	.176	.279	.352	.631	3	2	0	0	63
K. Isbel CF	26	76	11	21	8	3	4	20	.276	.337	.434	.771	3	0	5	0	59
S. Perez C	31	124	12	26	13	5	4	26	.210	.244	.371	.615	5	0	0	0	56
I. Collins LF	27	83	12	18	9	2	12	29	.217	.330	.313	.643	2	0	1	2	44
J. Caglianone 1B	28	91	12	23	5	3	9	33	.253	.333	.429	.762	5	1	0	1	43
L. Thomas RF	26	61	6	15	6	1	13	13	.246	.387	.311	.698	1	0	3	1	41
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	21	54	5	12	7	1	3	13	.222	.254	.370	.624	5	0	0	0	27
E. Diaz C	4	11	2	4	3	1	1	1	.364	.417	.818	1.235	2	0	0	0	14
S. Marte RF	12	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	32	1061	133	256	126	33	117	265	.241	.322	.393	.715	52	5	23	10	675

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	6	6	2-2	0	0	37.1	3.13	28	13	13	4	14	33	.212	1.13	88
S. Lugo SP	6	6	1-1	0	0	37.2	2.63	33	12	11	1	11	31	.241	1.17	87
K. Bubic SP	6	6	2-1	0	0	33.2	3.74	23	14	14	3	17	35	.193	1.19	81
L. Erceg RP	14	0	2-1	8	10	13.1	4.05	10	7	6	0	10	11	.222	1.50	74
N. Cameron P	6	6	2-2	0	0	31.2	5.40	40	22	19	5	11	28	.301	1.61	46
C. Ragans RP	7	7	1-4	0	0	32.1	5.29	26	20	19	10	21	41	.224	1.45	38
D. Lynch SP	12	0	1-0	0	1	12.1	2.19	5	6	3	1	3	15	.116	0.65	32
N. Mears RP	13	0	2-1	0	2	11.2	2.31	6	3	3	0	7	9	.158	1.11	31
E. Morgan RP	7	0	0-1	1	1	10.1	2.61	8	3	3	2	6	9	.205	1.35	20
M. Strahm RP	12	0	0-0	0	1	11.2	3.86	10	5	5	2	6	14	.222	1.37	17
J. Schreiber RP	13	0	0-2	1	1	11.2	4.63	11	6	6	2	7	5	.268	1.54	9
M. Black P	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	0.00	7	0	0	0	2	5	.350	1.93	8
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
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
L. Avila SP	3	1	0-1	0	0	7.0	9.00	16	7	7	1	4	8	.471	2.86	-7
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
Total	32	32	13-19	10	17	282.1	4.59	260	154	144	40	142	277	.246	1.42	512

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