The Chicago Cubs beat the Kansas City Royals 6-4 on Aug 7, 2026 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Pedro Ramirez went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Cubs.
- Kevin Gausman pitched 7.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 2 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Carter Jensen went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Mason Black pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 2 earned runs with 2 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Bregman | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Carson Kelly | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Happ | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Pedro Ramirez | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dansby Swanson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Michael Busch | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 35 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Gausman | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Jacob Webb | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Trent Thornton | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 0.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Starling Marte | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac Collins | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Carter Jensen | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Tyler Tolbert | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| John Rave | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 34 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mason Black | 5.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 1.2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Jose Cuas | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lucas Erceg | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
Before and after
- Cubs · 2026 season · Previous Aug 6, 2026: TOR 2, CHC 3 · Next Aug 8, 2026: CHC 3, KC 6
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Aug 6, 2026: MIN 4, KC 3 · Next Aug 8, 2026: CHC 3, KC 6