The Chicago Cubs beat the Kansas City Royals 6-0 on Jul 22, 2025 at Wrigley Field.
Final · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 for the Royals.
- Rich Hill pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 1 strikeouts.
- Nico Hoerner went 2-for-5 with 1 RBI for the Cubs.
- Matthew Boyd pitched 7.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 0 earned runs with 6 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan India | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nick Loftin | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Freddy Fermin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| John Rave | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jac Caglianone | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Hill | 5.0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Jonathan Bowlan | 1.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Taylor Clarke | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 7.1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nico Hoerner | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dansby Swanson | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ian Happ | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Shaw | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Carson Kelly | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Justin Turner | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Tucker | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Michael Busch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 33 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Boyd | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Daniel Palencia | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
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