MLB

Kansas City Royals at Chicago Cubs

· Major League Baseball
Kansas City Royals
3-9, 3-6 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
4 - 5
Chicago Cubs
9-2, 7-1 Home

Kimbrel shaky again, Cubs hold off Royals for 5th win in row

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Starling grounded out to third.
9th Inning Heath stole second, Heath safe at third on throwing error by catcher Contreras.
9th Inning Heath ran for Franco
9th Inning Franco singled to center, Mondesi scored.
9th Inning Gordon grounded out to second, Pérez scored, Mondesi to third.
9th Inning Ryan relieved Kimbrel

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
14 Ground Balls 10
5 Strikeouts 11
4 Runs Batted In 5
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
10 Hits 9
1 Stolen Bases 0
0 Walks 4
0 Catcher Interference 0
4 Runs 5
1 Ground Into Double Play 2
1 Sacrifice Flies 0
35 At Bats 31
0 Home Runs 3
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
12 Runners Left On Base 14
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 0
2 Doubles 1
17 Fly Balls 10
0 Caught Stealing 0
130 Pitches 143
0 Games Started 0
1 Pinch At Bats 1
0 Pinch Hits 1
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 0
12 Total Bases 19
36 Plate Appearances 35
0.0 Projected Home Runs 486.0
2 Extra Base Hits 4
3.2 Runs Created 6.1
.286 Batting Average .290
.000 Pinch Hit Average 1.000
.343 Slugging Percentage .613
.086 Secondary Average .452
.278 On Base Percentage .371
.621 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .984
0.8 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 1.0
3.2 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 6.9
31.0 Batter Rating 40.0
0.0 At Bats Per Home Run 10.3
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
3.61 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 4.09
.057 Isolated Power .323
0.00 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.36
.000 Walks Per Plate Appearance .114
-.200 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .161
8.0 Runs Produced 10.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.3 Patience Ratio 0.7
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.4
82.0 MLB Rating 89.8
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Wrigley Field

Location: Chicago, Illinois
Capacity:

2026 American League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/cle.png" class="logo-micro">Cleveland 32 23 .582 - W1
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/chw.png" class="logo-micro">Chicago 26 26 .500 4.5 L2
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/min.png" class="logo-micro">Minnesota 26 27 .491 5 W4
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/kc.png" class="logo-micro">Kansas City 22 31 .415 9 W2
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/det.png" class="logo-micro">Detroit 21 33 .389 10.5 W1

2026 National League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/mil.png" class="logo-micro">Milwaukee 30 20 .600 - L2
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/stl.png" class="logo-micro">St. Louis 29 22 .569 1.5 L1
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/chc.png" class="logo-micro">Chicago 29 24 .547 2.5 L8
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/cin.png" class="logo-micro">Cincinnati 27 25 .519 4 W1
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/pit.png" class="logo-micro">Pittsburgh 27 26 .509 4.5 W1
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