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
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
Dansby Swanson	Lower Body	04-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 1
Justin Steele	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Ethan Roberts	Undisclosed	04-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 1
Jordan Wicks	Elbow	05-02-2026Expected to be out until at least May 3
Daniel Palencia	Lat	04-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 1
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	04-29-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 30
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	04-29-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 30
Vinnie Pasquantino	Back	04-29-2026Probable for Apr 30

	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	31	127	16	37	26	4	13	14	.291	.370	.449	.819	8	0	7	0	121
D. Swanson SS	30	98	23	21	23	6	20	28	.214	.344	.439	.783	2	1	2	0	100
I. Happ LF	29	113	20	26	14	7	19	39	.230	.351	.460	.811	5	0	1	0	87
M. Ballesteros C	27	71	12	24	16	5	7	12	.338	.392	.620	1.012	5	0	0	0	73
A. Bregman 3B	31	124	10	32	11	3	17	21	.258	.350	.371	.721	3	1	1	0	73
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	31	116	19	28	13	3	9	38	.241	.307	.362	.669	3	1	6	3	67
S. Suzuki RF	18	67	14	22	9	5	10	19	.328	.430	.567	.997	1	0	0	0	63
C. Kelly C	23	75	12	23	10	2	12	15	.307	.409	.440	.849	4	0	0	0	60
M. Busch 3B	30	114	14	22	11	2	15	30	.193	.295	.281	.576	4	0	0	0	58
M. Shaw SS	28	73	10	22	10	3	5	14	.301	.342	.507	.849	6	0	2	1	48
M. Amaya C	19	50	10	12	6	2	7	13	.240	.356	.380	.736	1	0	0	0	34
M. Conforto RF	17	30	5	9	5	0	7	10	.300	.421	.433	.854	4	0	0	0	21
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	31	1070	169	279	154	42	141	257	.261	.353	.427	.780	46	3	20	4	810

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	3.15	21	12	12	3	9	38	.171	0.87	93
C. Rea SP	6	3	3-1	1	1	27.1	4.61	26	14	14	3	9	24	.248	1.28	70
J. Taillon SP	6	6	2-1	0	0	34.2	4.41	27	18	17	9	13	31	.213	1.15	52
B. Brown SP	10	0	1-1	0	1	22.2	1.99	17	7	5	1	7	22	.210	1.06	46
C. Thielbar RP	11	0	2-2	2	3	8.2	3.12	6	4	3	2	5	11	.182	1.27	35
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
H. Milner RP	15	0	0-0	1	1	15.0	2.40	10	4	4	2	4	5	.192	0.93	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	3	0	1-0	0	0	6.0	0.00	3	0	0	0	0	3	.158	0.50	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	18
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	13	0	0-1	0	2	10.2	5.06	16	9	6	3	6	12	.356	2.06	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	6	0	0-1	0	0	5.0	14.40	9	8	8	1	4	7	.391	2.60	-9
Total	31	31	19-12	6	10	276.0	4.01	234	134	123	36	94	251	.229	1.19	600

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	30	118	10	35	15	2	14	22	.297	.366	.441	.807	9	1	10	2	94
M. Garcia 3B	28	108	15	28	10	2	12	22	.259	.331	.389	.720	6	1	2	2	70
C. Jensen C	28	86	13	23	16	6	11	27	.267	.354	.500	.854	2	0	0	0	69
V. Pasquantino 1B	28	102	11	17	14	3	16	24	.167	.276	.324	.600	3	2	0	0	63
K. Isbel CF	25	72	11	21	8	3	4	19	.292	.354	.458	.812	3	0	5	0	58
S. Perez C	29	116	10	23	11	5	4	25	.198	.230	.353	.583	3	0	0	0	52
J. Caglianone 1B	26	87	11	21	4	2	9	33	.241	.327	.391	.718	5	1	0	1	43
I. Collins LF	25	75	12	16	8	2	12	28	.213	.337	.307	.644	1	0	1	2	40
L. Thomas RF	24	57	6	14	5	1	13	12	.246	.386	.316	.702	1	0	3	1	39
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
N. Loftin 1B	10	29	7	8	7	0	5	3	.276	.382	.379	.761	3	0	0	0	28
M. Massey 2B	19	49	5	11	7	1	2	12	.224	.245	.388	.633	5	0	0	0	26
S. Marte RF	11	29	2	7	1	0	0	10	.241	.258	.345	.603	3	0	0	0	9
E. Diaz C	3	7	1	3	2	0	1	1	.429	.500	.714	1.214	2	0	0	0	8
T. Tolbert SS	8	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	1	1	2
Total	30	988	123	236	116	29	111	252	.239	.320	.385	.705	47	5	22	9	635

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	92
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	13	0	2-1	7	9	12.1	4.38	10	7	6	0	10	10	.238	1.62	74
N. Cameron P	5	5	2-1	0	0	26.1	5.13	31	17	15	5	9	23	.287	1.52	47
C. Ragans RP	6	6	1-4	0	0	27.0	5.00	22	16	15	7	18	33	.229	1.48	38
D. Lynch SP	11	0	0-0	0	0	11.1	0.79	3	4	1	0	3	13	.079	0.53	32
N. Mears RP	12	0	2-1	0	2	11.0	2.45	6	3	3	0	6	9	.167	1.09	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	11	0	0-0	0	1	10.2	4.22	10	5	5	2	5	12	.238	1.41	17
J. Schreiber RP	12	0	0-2	1	1	10.0	4.50	9	5	5	2	6	5	.257	1.50	8
M. Black P	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	0.00	6	0	0	0	2	5	.300	1.71	5
T. Tolbert SS	1	0	0-0	0	0	0.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	1.50	2
A. Lange RP	11	0	0-2	0	0	12.2	7.11	13	11	10	2	10	19	.260	1.82	1
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	-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	30	30	12-18	9	15	265.1	4.51	242	142	133	36	134	259	.244	1.42	507

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