The Chicago Cubs beat the Kansas City Royals 4-3 on Aug 20, 2023 at Wrigley Field.
Final · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Michael Massey went 2-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Jordan Lyles pitched 8.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 4 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- Seiya Suzuki went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Cubs.
- Kyle Hendricks pitched 6.1 innings for the Cubs, allowing 1 earned run 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Melendez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dairon Blanco | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Duffy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nelson Velazquez | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nico Hoerner | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeimer Candelario | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dansby Swanson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Happ | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Christopher Morel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cody Bellinger | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Miguel Amaya | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 23 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Hendricks | 6.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Adbert Alzolay | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Leiter Jr. | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Aug 19, 2023: KC 4, CHC 6 · Next Aug 21, 2023: KC 4, ATH 6
- Cubs · 2023 season · Previous Aug 19, 2023: KC 4, CHC 6 · Next Aug 21, 2023: CHC 7, DET 6