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
Justin Steele	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Ethan Roberts	Undisclosed	05-02-2026Expected to be out until at least May 3
Nico Hoerner	Neck	05-02-2026Probable for May 3
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	05-02-2026Expected to be out until at least May 3

	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	126
I. Happ LF	31	118	23	29	15	8	22	40	.246	.373	.517	.890	6	1	1	0	105
D. Swanson SS	32	105	24	23	24	6	20	28	.219	.341	.429	.770	2	1	2	0	104
A. Bregman 3B	33	132	11	33	12	3	17	23	.250	.338	.364	.702	4	1	1	0	79
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	33	123	20	29	13	3	10	39	.236	.304	.350	.654	3	1	6	3	77
M. Ballesteros C	29	78	12	24	16	5	8	14	.308	.368	.564	.932	5	0	0	0	73
M. Busch 3B	32	121	14	25	13	2	16	32	.207	.307	.306	.613	6	0	0	0	66
S. Suzuki RF	20	73	14	22	10	5	11	20	.301	.402	.521	.923	1	0	0	0	65
C. Kelly C	24	79	13	25	11	2	12	15	.316	.413	.443	.856	4	0	0	0	64
M. Shaw SS	30	79	10	22	10	3	5	16	.278	.318	.468	.786	6	0	2	1	57
M. Amaya C	20	52	10	12	6	2	8	14	.231	.355	.365	.720	1	0	0	0	38
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	33	1130	177	292	161	43	149	269	.258	.350	.425	.775	51	4	20	4	884

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Imanaga RP	7	7	3-2	0	0	41.1	2.40	25	12	11	3	10	43	.169	0.85	122
E. Cabrera SP	6	6	3-0	0	0	35.1	3.06	30	14	12	3	12	29	.234	1.19	95
C. Rea SP	7	4	4-1	1	1	32.2	4.41	34	16	16	3	9	30	.262	1.32	86
J. Taillon SP	6	6	2-1	0	0	34.2	4.41	27	18	17	9	13	31	.213	1.15	79
B. Brown SP	11	0	1-1	1	2	24.2	1.82	17	7	5	1	7	23	.195	0.97	65
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. Martin P	8	1	0-0	0	0	8.1	2.16	5	2	2	1	2	10	.179	0.84	21
R. Rolison RP	4	0	1-0	0	0	6.2	4.05	6	3	3	1	1	5	.250	1.05	19
J. Webb RP	14	0	0-1	1	3	12.2	4.26	16	9	6	3	7	15	.314	1.82	18
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
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	-5
Total	33	33	21-12	8	12	294.0	3.89	249	139	127	37	97	270	.228	1.18	708

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	33	130	11	37	15	2	17	25	.285	.362	.415	.777	9	1	10	2	102
M. Garcia 3B	31	121	18	33	13	3	13	24	.273	.338	.438	.776	9	1	3	2	89
V. Pasquantino 1B	31	112	13	20	16	4	16	28	.179	.278	.348	.626	3	2	0	0	71
C. Jensen C	31	98	13	23	16	6	11	33	.235	.315	.439	.754	2	0	0	0	67
S. Perez C	32	128	12	27	13	5	4	29	.211	.244	.367	.611	5	0	0	0	63
K. Isbel CF	27	80	12	22	8	3	4	22	.275	.333	.438	.771	4	0	5	0	61
J. Caglianone 1B	29	95	12	25	6	3	9	34	.263	.340	.432	.772	5	1	0	1	52
I. Collins LF	28	87	12	19	9	2	12	30	.218	.327	.310	.637	2	0	1	2	47
L. Thomas RF	27	61	7	15	6	1	13	13	.246	.387	.311	.698	1	0	3	1	44
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
M. Massey 2B	22	58	6	12	7	1	3	16	.207	.238	.345	.583	5	0	1	0	30
N. Loftin 1B	11	31	7	8	7	0	6	3	.258	.378	.355	.733	3	0	0	0	29
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	33	1098	136	264	129	33	117	282	.240	.319	.389	.708	54	5	24	10	717

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Lugo SP	7	7	1-1	0	0	43.2	2.68	40	14	13	1	13	37	.250	1.21	100
L. Erceg RP	15	0	2-1	9	11	14.1	3.77	10	7	6	0	10	13	.208	1.40	95
M. Wacha SP	6	6	2-2	0	0	37.1	3.13	28	13	13	4	14	33	.212	1.13	88
K. Bubic SP	6	6	2-1	0	0	33.2	3.74	23	14	14	3	17	35	.193	1.19	81
C. Ragans RP	7	7	1-4	0	0	32.1	5.29	26	20	19	10	21	41	.224	1.45	47
N. Cameron P	6	6	2-2	0	0	31.2	5.40	40	22	19	5	11	28	.301	1.61	46
D. Lynch SP	12	0	1-0	0	1	12.1	2.19	5	6	3	1	3	15	.116	0.65	39
N. Mears RP	13	0	2-1	0	2	11.2	2.31	6	3	3	0	7	9	.158	1.11	32
M. Strahm RP	13	0	1-0	0	1	12.2	3.55	10	5	5	2	6	14	.208	1.26	30
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	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	7
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
L. Avila SP	4	1	0-1	0	0	9.0	7.00	16	7	7	1	4	9	.400	2.22	0
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
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
Total	33	33	14-19	11	18	292.1	4.49	267	156	146	40	144	286	.245	1.41	582

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