The Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3 on Aug 18, 2023 at Wrigley Field.
Final · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Bobby Witt Jr. went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Cole Ragans pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 3 earned runs with 9 strikeouts.
- Nico Hoerner went 3-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Cubs.
- Jameson Taillon pitched 6.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 2 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
Kansas City Royals box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MJ Melendez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Freddy Fermin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nelson Velazquez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Duffy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 28 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Ragans | 6.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| Dylan Coleman | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Taylor Clarke | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 7.2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
Chicago Cubs box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cody Bellinger | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yan Gomes | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dansby Swanson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ian Happ | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Nico Hoerner | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Christopher Morel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Jeimer Candelario | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Nick Madrigal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 32 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jameson Taillon | 6.0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Drew Smyly | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Fulmer | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Cuas | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Aug 17, 2023: SEA 6, KC 4 · Next Aug 19, 2023: KC 4, CHC 6
- Cubs · 2023 season · Previous Aug 16, 2023: CHW 3, CHC 4 · Next Aug 19, 2023: KC 4, CHC 6