This one started close and ended lopsided. The Cubs scored in the first inning and never trailed, but the game didn't turn into a rout until the middle innings, when Chicago's lineup turned a manageable deficit into a laugher. By the time the seventh inning was over, Kansas City was buried, 10-2.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHC | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 0 |
| KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
Matt Boyd carried the pitching story for Chicago, working 7.0 innings and allowing just 5 hits and 2 runs while striking out 3. He kept the Royals off the board for long stretches, and the Cubs bullpen finished the job, tossing 2.0 scoreless innings behind him. Boyd improved to 8-1 with the win, carrying a 3.50 ERA.
Chicago's offense did its damage in waves. Michael Conforto's sacrifice fly in the first brought home Busch to open the scoring, and the Cubs tacked on two more in the third when Conforto singled home Busch and Nico Hoerner followed with a single that scored Happ. The floodgates opened in the sixth and seventh. Alex Bregman singled home Crow-Armstrong in the sixth, and Ian Happ followed with a home run that brought Bregman around to make it 7-2. In the seventh, Miguel Amaya put an exclamation point on the night with a three-run homer that scored Hoerner and Swanson, stretching the lead to 10-2. Amaya finished 2-for-5 with 3 RBI, Happ went 3-for-5 with a homer and 2 RBI, and Bregman collected 3 hits and 2 RBI in the win.
Kansas City's only offense came in the fourth, when Starling Marte homered to left, a two-run shot that brought home Perez and briefly cut the deficit to 4-2. Royals starter R. Dobnak lasted just 5.0 innings, allowing 10 hits and 4 runs, and took the loss to fall to 2-1 with a 2.00 ERA. The bullpen behind him couldn't stem the tide either, combining for 6 runs over 4.0 innings as the Cubs pulled away.
Chicago improved to 69-50 and sit second in their division, riding a one-game winning streak. Kansas City fell to 49-70, losers of their last game.