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	05-22-2026Expected to be out until at least May 23
Hunter Harvey	Triceps	05-07-2026Expected to be out until at least May 8
Justin Steele	Elbow	05-24-2026Expected to be out until at least May 25
Phil Maton	Knee	04-22-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 23
Ethan Roberts	Undisclosed	04-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 28
Jordan Wicks	Elbow	05-02-2026Expected to be out until at least May 3
Daniel Palencia	Lat	05-04-2026Expected to be out until at least May 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

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Foot	04-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 28
Maikel Garcia	Elbow	04-23-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 24
Stephen Kolek	Oblique	04-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 28
James McArthur	Elbow	05-23-2026Expected to be out until at least May 24
Jonathan India	Shoulder	04-28-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 29
Alec Marsh	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Bailey Falter	Elbow	04-23-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 24

	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	23	92	15	30	22	4	10	11	.326	.402	.533	.935	7	0	7	0	107
D. Swanson SS	23	75	20	14	15	5	18	23	.187	.337	.400	.737	1	0	1	0	73
I. Happ LF	21	82	14	20	11	6	15	29	.244	.367	.512	.879	4	0	1	0	70
A. Bregman 3B	23	94	6	23	9	2	12	16	.245	.327	.340	.667	3	0	1	0	53
C. Kelly C	19	58	9	18	10	2	11	12	.310	.420	.466	.886	3	0	0	0	51
M. Ballesteros C	20	45	8	17	11	3	5	10	.378	.431	.600	1.031	1	0	0	0	46
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	23	89	14	20	5	1	5	26	.225	.281	.303	.584	2	1	4	3	45
M. Shaw SS	21	57	7	16	9	2	3	12	.281	.311	.474	.785	5	0	1	1	41
M. Busch 3B	22	81	11	14	5	0	11	19	.173	.269	.198	.467	2	0	0	0	33
S. Suzuki RF	11	39	7	10	4	1	7	12	.256	.396	.359	.755	1	0	0	0	28
M. Amaya C	15	37	7	9	4	1	6	11	.243	.364	.351	.715	1	0	0	0	25
M. Conforto RF	14	23	3	7	5	0	7	10	.304	.452	.435	.887	3	0	0	0	20
S. Kingery 2B	7	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	1	0	5
D. Carlson CF	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	23	780	124	199	110	27	110	193	.255	.350	.404	.754	33	1	16	4	597

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Imanaga RP	5	5	2-1	0	0	29.0	2.17	15	7	7	3	6	32	.147	0.72	93
C. Rea SP	5	2	3-0	1	1	24.0	3.00	20	8	8	2	5	20	.225	1.04	79
E. Cabrera SP	4	4	2-0	0	0	22.2	2.38	18	6	6	0	11	17	.231	1.28	61
J. Taillon SP	4	4	1-1	0	0	22.2	3.97	20	11	10	6	9	21	.235	1.28	46
C. Thielbar RP	10	0	2-2	2	2	8.2	2.08	5	3	2	1	4	11	.156	1.04	38
B. Brown SP	7	0	0-0	0	1	16.2	2.70	12	6	5	1	6	15	.200	1.08	34
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
J. Assad RP	3	3	1-1	0	0	15.2	5.74	15	10	10	3	4	9	.254	1.21	24
M. Boyd SP	2	2	1-1	0	0	9.1	6.75	8	8	7	1	3	17	.235	1.18	20
H. Milner RP	10	0	0-0	0	0	10.2	1.69	8	2	2	1	2	1	.216	0.94	18
R. Martin P	7	1	0-0	0	0	7.1	2.45	5	2	2	1	1	9	.200	0.82	18
E. Roberts RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	2.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	2	.125	0.38	6
C. Martin RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	1	.143	1.00	4
J. Webb RP	11	0	0-1	0	1	9.1	4.82	14	8	5	2	5	10	.359	2.04	4
R. Rolison RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	1.00	2
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	5	0	0-1	0	0	4.0	13.50	6	6	6	1	4	5	.353	2.50	-8
Total	23	23	14-9	4	6	206.0	3.45	167	87	79	26	69	185	.222	1.15	490

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	24	90	4	26	10	0	13	20	.289	.371	.367	.738	7	0	8	1	65
M. Garcia 3B	24	95	14	26	10	2	11	19	.274	.346	.400	.746	6	0	2	2	65
C. Jensen C	22	66	9	17	12	5	7	22	.258	.333	.515	.848	2	0	0	0	52
K. Isbel CF	20	58	8	16	6	2	4	16	.276	.333	.431	.764	3	0	4	0	44
V. Pasquantino 1B	24	91	7	13	11	2	10	23	.143	.229	.242	.471	1	1	0	0	39
S. Perez C	23	89	6	16	6	3	4	20	.180	.221	.315	.536	3	0	0	0	35
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
J. Caglianone 1B	21	71	7	18	2	1	6	25	.254	.329	.380	.709	4	1	0	1	30
L. Thomas RF	19	41	4	8	1	0	9	9	.195	.340	.220	.560	1	0	2	0	22
I. Collins LF	20	60	8	11	4	1	6	24	.183	.269	.250	.519	1	0	0	1	21
M. Massey 2B	13	29	2	6	4	1	1	8	.207	.226	.414	.640	3	0	0	0	15
N. Loftin 1B	5	11	3	4	3	0	3	1	.364	.500	.545	1.045	2	0	0	0	14
S. Marte RF	8	23	1	5	0	0	0	7	.217	.250	.304	.554	2	0	0	0	5
E. Diaz C	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	1	0	0	0	3
T. Tolbert SS	8	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	1	1	2
Total	24	781	82	177	77	19	82	208	.227	.305	.352	.657	37	2	17	6	446

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	4	4	2-0	0	0	27.0	1.00	13	3	3	2	8	23	.146	0.78	93
S. Lugo SP	5	5	1-1	0	0	31.1	1.15	19	5	4	0	10	28	.181	0.93	89
K. Bubic SP	5	5	2-1	0	0	28.2	4.08	19	13	13	3	13	29	.190	1.12	73
L. Erceg RP	10	0	1-1	5	7	9.1	5.79	9	6	6	0	7	5	.281	1.71	45
N. Cameron P	4	4	1-1	0	0	20.0	5.40	23	14	12	5	6	17	.277	1.45	29
D. Lynch SP	8	0	0-0	0	0	9.0	1.00	2	4	1	0	3	12	.067	0.56	26
E. Morgan RP	5	0	0-1	1	1	8.0	1.13	4	1	1	1	6	8	.138	1.25	19
N. Mears RP	9	0	1-1	0	2	8.2	3.12	6	3	3	0	4	6	.207	1.15	18
M. Strahm RP	9	0	0-0	0	1	8.2	5.19	8	5	5	2	4	10	.235	1.38	13
C. Ragans RP	5	5	0-4	0	0	21.0	6.00	17	15	14	6	18	22	.233	1.67	11
J. Schreiber RP	10	0	0-2	1	1	8.0	5.63	8	5	5	2	6	4	.276	1.75	3
M. Black P	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	0.00	3	0	0	0	1	2	.375	2.40	2
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
A. Lange RP	8	0	0-2	0	0	9.2	8.38	12	10	9	2	6	16	.300	1.86	-1
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	2	1	0-1	0	0	6.0	9.00	14	6	6	1	4	6	.483	3.00	-8
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
Total	24	24	8-16	7	13	210.1	4.58	181	115	107	31	109	202	.234	1.38	394

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