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Kansas City Royals @ Chicago Cubs

2021-08-21 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 34005 · 86°F, cloudy · Wind 10 mph R to L · 3:02

Kansas City Royals defeated Chicago Cubs 4–2. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 1st — Carlos Santana grounds out to first baseman Frank Schwindel. The game's biggest swing came in the 7th: Patrick Wisdom homers (20) on a fly ball to left field. Frank Schwindel scores — worth 12% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	9
CHN	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1

W: Kris Bubic L: Keegan Thompson SV: Scott Barlow

Umpires — HP: Jerry Meals · 1B: Jansen Visconti · 2B: Vic Carapazza · 3B: Carlos Torres · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whit Merrifield	5	2	3	0	0	0
Nicky Lopez	5	0	3	1	0	1
Carlos Santana	4	0	0	0	0	1
Andrew Benintendi	4	1	2	0	0	2
Michael Taylor	3	0	1	1	1	1
Ryan O'Hearn	4	0	0	0	0	1
Emmanuel Rivera	3	1	0	0	1	1
Cam Gallagher	4	0	0	0	0	0
Kris Bubic	3	0	0	0	0	1
Salvador Perez	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rafael Ortega	4	0	0	0	0	1
Frank Schwindel	2	1	0	0	2	1
Patrick Wisdom	4	1	1	2	0	1
Matt Duffy	3	0	0	0	0	1
David Bote	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jason Heyward	3	0	0	0	0	1
Robinson Chirinos	3	0	0	0	0	1
Michael Hermosillo	3	0	0	0	0	2
Keegan Thompson	1	0	0	0	0	1
Sergio Alcantara	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ian Happ	1	0	0	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kris Bubic	6.1	1	2	9
Domingo Tapia	0.2	0	0	1
Josh Staumont	1.0	0	0	1
Scott Barlow	1.0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Keegan Thompson	4.0	5	2	1
Adam Morgan	1.0	2	0	1
Trevor Megill	1.0	0	0	2
Michael Rucker	1.0	2	0	3
Codi Heuer	1.0	0	0	0
Manuel Rodriguez	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Whit Merrifield: S9/L9L
Nicky Lopez: D9/G3.1-3
Carlos Santana: WP.3-H(NR);2-3
Carlos Santana: 3/G3S
Andrew Benintendi: K
Michael Taylor: W
Ryan O'Hearn: SB2
Ryan O'Hearn: 7/F7D

Bot 1

Rafael Ortega: K
Frank Schwindel: W
Patrick Wisdom: 8/F89D
Matt Duffy: 64(1)/FO/G6D.B-1

Top 2

Emmanuel Rivera: W
Cam Gallagher: 8/F8XD
Kris Bubic: 5/BP5SF/FL
Whit Merrifield: S4/G4.1-2
Nicky Lopez: S8/L78D.2-H;1-3
Carlos Santana: 3/P3S

Bot 2

David Bote: 3/G3
Jason Heyward: 7/L78D
Robinson Chirinos: K

Top 3

Andrew Benintendi: D7/L78D+
Michael Taylor: 63/G6
Ryan O'Hearn: 31/G3.2-3
Emmanuel Rivera: 8/F8XD

Bot 3

Michael Hermosillo: K
Keegan Thompson: K
Rafael Ortega: 63/G4M+

Top 4

Cam Gallagher: 2/P2F/FL
Kris Bubic: 63/G6M
Whit Merrifield: 7/F78D

Bot 4

Frank Schwindel: K
Patrick Wisdom: K
Matt Duffy: K

Top 5

Nicky Lopez: 43/G4
Carlos Santana: 13/G1+
Andrew Benintendi: S9/L9L+
Michael Taylor: D7/L7LD.1-H
Ryan O'Hearn: K

Bot 5

David Bote: K
Jason Heyward: 31/G3
Robinson Chirinos: 7/F7

Top 6

Emmanuel Rivera: K
Cam Gallagher: 53/G5D+
Kris Bubic: K

Bot 6

Michael Hermosillo: K
Sergio Alcantara: 53/G5
Rafael Ortega: 43/G4

Top 7

Whit Merrifield: S9/L89S
Nicky Lopez: S8/G4M.1-3
Carlos Santana: K
Andrew Benintendi: SB2;SBH
Andrew Benintendi: K
Michael Taylor: SB3
Michael Taylor: K

Bot 7

Frank Schwindel: W
Patrick Wisdom: HR/F7LD.1-H
Matt Duffy: 31/G34
David Bote: 5/P5SF/FL
Jason Heyward: K

Top 8

Ryan O'Hearn: 9/L9+
Emmanuel Rivera: 53/G5
Cam Gallagher: 53/G56

Bot 8

Robinson Chirinos: 63/G6
Michael Hermosillo: 8/L8D+
Ian Happ: K

Top 9

Salvador Perez: 63/G6
Whit Merrifield: 53/G56
Nicky Lopez: K

Bot 9

Rafael Ortega: 8/F8
Frank Schwindel: 8/F8
Patrick Wisdom: 3/G34

Notes & reviews

Royals challenged call that Benintendi was out at home, claiming catcher did not provide sliding lane; call overturned - obstruction for score' Call changed on 08-26-2021 to remove error, add RBI and make run earned

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