Chicago Cubs vs Kansas City Royals

Aug 9, 2026

2:10 PM (Eastern Time)

MLB

Final

Chicago Cubs

Kansas City Royals

Box Score

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago Cubs	1	0	2	1	0	3	3	0	0	10	18	0
Kansas City Royals	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0

Hits CHC 18 · KC 6

Errors CHC 0 · KC 0

Away Batting

Chicago Cubs

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG
DHPete Crow-Armstrong 2B	5	2	1	0	1	2	2	.286
1BMichael Busch 2B	5	2	3	0	0	0	2	.248
2BJames Triantos	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200
3BAlex Bregman	6	1	3	2	0	1	3	.249
LFIan Happ HR	5	2	3	2	0	1	2	.216
RFMichael Conforto	4	0	2	2	0	1	0	.237
2BNico Hoerner 2B	3	1	2	1	1	0	2	.260
1BPedro Ramírez	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.295
SSDansby Swanson	4	1	1	0	1	1	3	.214
CMiguel Amaya HR	5	1	2	3	0	2	3	.242
CFTyrone Taylor	5	0	1	0	0	1	1	.241
Totals	44	10	18	10	3	9	20	—

Away Pitching

Chicago Cubs

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P‑S	ERA
Matthew Boyd (W, 8-1)	7.0	5	2	2	3	3	1	98-64	3.50
Ryan Zeferjahn	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	24-14	3.64
Javier Assad	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5-4	3.54
Totals	9.0	6	2	2	3	5	1	—	—

Home Batting

Kansas City Royals

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG
3BNick Loftin	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	.243
DHBobby Witt Jr.	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	.284
1BJac Caglianone	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.264
1BSalvador Perez	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	.216
RFJohn Rave	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262
LFStarling Marte HR	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	.250
2BMichael Massey 3B	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.262
SSTyler Tolbert	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	.314
CLuke Maile	3	0	1	0	0	1	2	.278
CFKyle Isbel	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	.233
Totals	31	2	6	2	3	5	9	—

Home Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P‑S	ERA
Randy Dobnak (L, 2-1)	5.0	10	4	4	1	4	0	94-65	2.00
Easton McGee	2.0	5	6	6	2	3	2	41-28	8.59
Lucas Erceg	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	17-12	6.07
Josh Rojas	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13-7	0.00
Totals	9.0	18	10	10	3	9	2	—	—

Scoring Plays

Inn	Score (A-H)	Play
T1	1–0	Michael Conforto out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Starling Marte. Michael Busch scores.
T3	2–0	Michael Conforto singles on a fly ball to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Michael Busch scores. Ian Happ to 2nd.
T3	3–0	Nico Hoerner singles on a fly ball to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Ian Happ scores. Michael Conforto to 2nd.
T4	4–0	Alex Bregman singles on a ground ball to left fielder Starling Marte. Pete Crow-Armstrong scores. Michael Busch to 2nd.
B4	4–2	Starling Marte homers (2) on a fly ball to left field. Salvador Perez scores.
T6	5–2	Alex Bregman singles on a fly ball to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Pete Crow-Armstrong scores.
T6	7–2	Ian Happ homers (20) on a fly ball to right field. Alex Bregman scores.
T7	10–2	Miguel Amaya homers (4) on a fly ball to left field. Nico Hoerner scores. Dansby Swanson scores.

Game Details

Kauffman Stadium

Probable Starting Pitchers

Matthew Boyd

Chicago Cubs Away

ERA

3.59

WHIP

1.225

K/9

7.80

BB/9

2.48

72.7

Last 3 Starts ERA 3.60 WHIP —

Randy Dobnak

Kansas City Royals Home

ERA

0.84

WHIP

1.125

K/9

4.64

BB/9

3.80

21.3

Last 3 Starts ERA 1.21 WHIP —

Betting Odds

Team	Moneyline	Run Line	Total
Chicago Cubs	-165	-1.5 (-107)	O 10.5 (-102)
Kansas City Royals	+151	+1.5 (-103)	U 10.5 (-110)

Closing line · Aug 9

Weather & Conditions

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Wind 13 mphSSW · out

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Humidity59%

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