The Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago Cubs 12-4 on Jul 21, 2025 at Wrigley Field.
Final · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Salvador Perez went 2-for-5 with 2 home runs and 4 RBI for the Royals.
- Noah Cameron pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 4 earned runs with 7 strikeouts.
- Matt Shaw went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Cubs.
- Ben Brown pitched 4.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 6 earned runs with 4 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 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan India | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| John Rave | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 41 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noah Cameron | 6.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| John Schreiber | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Turner | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carson Kelly | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dansby Swanson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ian Happ | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nico Hoerner | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Matt Shaw | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Tucker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Busch | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Team | 34 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Brown | 4.0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Chris Flexen | 3.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Ryan Brasier | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2025 season · Previous Jul 20, 2025: KC 7, MIA 4 · Next Jul 22, 2025: KC 0, CHC 6
- Cubs · 2025 season · Previous Jul 20, 2025: BOS 6, CHC 1 · Next Jul 22, 2025: KC 0, CHC 6