The Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago Cubs 8-4 on Jul 23, 2025 at Wrigley Field.
Final · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Vinnie Pasquantino went 3-for-4 with 2 home runs and 4 RBI for the Royals.
- Seth Lugo pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 2 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
- Pete Crow-Armstrong went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Cubs.
- Colin Rea pitched 5.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 5 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Frazier | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jac Caglianone | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Freddy Fermin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Rave | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tyler Tolbert | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan India | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 36 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Lugo | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Lucas Erceg | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Cruz | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carson Kelly | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nico Hoerner | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Shaw | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dansby Swanson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Reese McGuire | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Busch | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Happ | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Justin Turner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 32 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Rea | 5.0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Drew Pomeranz | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Ryan Pressly | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2025 season · Previous Jul 22, 2025: KC 0, CHC 6 · Next Jul 25, 2025: CLE at KC
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