The Chicago Cubs beat the Kansas City Royals 7-3 on Jul 28, 2024 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Nico Hoerner went 1-for-5 with 2 RBI for the Cubs.
- Javier Assad pitched 6.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 3 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Freddy Fermin went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Cole Ragans pitched 5.2 innings for the Royals, allowing 4 earned runs with 7 strikeouts.
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 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dansby Swanson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Happ | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Christian Bethancourt | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Busch | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Christopher Morel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 29 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Javier Assad | 6.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Mark Leiter Jr. | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Hector Neris | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
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 | 2 |
| Hunter Renfroe | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| MJ Melendez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Freddy Fermin | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 31 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
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 | 5.2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Angel Zerpa | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| James McArthur | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hunter Harvey | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
Before and after
- Cubs · 2024 season · Previous Jul 27, 2024: CHC 9, KC 4 · Next Jul 29, 2024: CHC 1, CIN 7
- Royals · 2024 season · Previous Jul 27, 2024: CHC 9, KC 4 · Next Jul 29, 2024: KC 8, CHW 5