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Chicago Cubs @ Kansas City Royals

2026-08-09 · Day game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 24225 · 90°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 15 mph, R To L · 2:44

Chicago Cubs defeated Kansas City Royals 10–2. Chicago Cubs opened the scoring in the 1st — Michael Conforto out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Starling Marte. Michael Busch scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 4th: Starling Marte homers (2) on a fly ball to left field. Salvador Perez scores — worth 14% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	1	0	2	1	0	3	3	0	0	10	18
KCA	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	6

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Crow-Armstrong DH	5	2	1	0	1	2
Michael Busch 1B	5	2	3	0	0	0
James Triantos 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Bregman 3B	6	1	3	2	0	1
Ian Happ LF	5	2	3	2	0	1
Michael Conforto RF	4	0	2	2	0	1
Pedro Ramírez 1B	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nico Hoerner 2B	3	1	2	1	1	0
Dansby Swanson SS	4	1	1	0	1	1
Miguel Amaya C	5	1	2	3	0	2
Tyrone Taylor CF	5	0	1	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Nick Loftin 3B	4	0	0	0	0	2
Bobby Witt DH	3	0	0	0	1	1
Jac Caglianone 1B	4	0	1	0	0	1
Salvador Perez 1B	4	1	1	0	0	0
John Rave RF	0	0	0	0	0	0
Starling Marte LF	4	1	1	2	0	0
Michael Massey 2B	4	0	2	0	0	0
Tyler Tolbert SS	3	0	0	0	1	0
Luke Maile C	3	0	1	0	0	1
Kyle Isbel CF	2	0	0	0	1	0