Chicago Cubs at Kansas City Royals

CHC 3 — 6 KC

Final — 2026-08-08

MVP: Jac Caglianone 4-4, 2 HR, 4 RBI

Kansas City Royals defeated Chicago Cubs 6-3. Jac Caglianone led the way with 4-4, 2 HR, 4 RBI. Seth Lugo earned the win and Clay Holmes took the loss. Nate Pearson recorded the save.

The Game Network 2026 2026-08-08 Top Performer

Top Performer

Jac Caglianone

4-4, 2 HR, 4 RBI

4-for-4 with 2 home runs and 4 RBI.

No one drove in more runs on the day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHC	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	7	0
KC	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	x	6	10	1

WP Seth Lugo (5-7)

LP Clay Holmes (4-5)

SV Nate Pearson (2)

Scoring Plays

Bot 1: Caglianone homered to center (448 feet). (0-1)

Bot 2: Rojas singled to right, Massey scored and Rave scored. (0-3)

Bot 3: Caglianone doubled to right, Witt Jr. scored. (0-4)

Top 4: Kelly doubled to left, Hoerner scored on error and Bregman scored, Kelly safe at third on throwing error by shortstop Witt Jr.. (2-4)

Top 6: Happ homered to right center (381 feet). (3-4)

Bot 7: Caglianone homered to center (420 feet), Jensen scored. (3-6)

CHC — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Crow-Armstrong	DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.287	.388	.545	.933
Suzuki	RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.269	.361	.470	.831
Busch	1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.356	.391	.747
Bregman	3B	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.246	.337	.379	.716
Happ	LF	4	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	.212	.322	.411	.733
Hoerner	2B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.257	.317	.359	.676
Kelly	C	3	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	.265	.350	.382	.732
Swanson	SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.291	.398	.689
Taylor	CF	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	.242	.297	.490	.787
Conforto	PH	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.231	.327	.457	.784
Ramirez	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.297	.352	.441	.793

KC — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Jensen	C	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.227	.303	.419	.722
Witt	SS	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.286	.356	.454	.810
Caglianone	1B	4	2	4	2	2	4	0	0	0	.264	.318	.482	.800
Collins	LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.338	.367	.705
Massey	2B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.292	.418	.710
Rave	RF	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.262	.340	.548	.888
Loftin	3B	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.247	.331	.397	.728
Rojas	DH	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	.235	.268	.324	.592
Isbel	CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.285	.337	.622

CHC — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Holmes	4.0	6	4	4	2	1	1	70-44	2.86	1.16	L, 4-5
Rea	4.0	4	2	2	2	0	1	63-37	4.59	1.36

KC — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Lugo	6.0	5	3	3	1	5	1	90-61	4.41	1.37	W, 5-7
Schreiber	1.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	27-13	3.59	1.38
Cruz	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	20-12	4.19	1.21
Pearson	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	19-14	2.81	1.29	S, 2

Venue: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri (32,326)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Dan Iassogna, First Base Umpire: D.J. Reyburn, Second Base Umpire: Louie Krupa, Third Base Umpire: Adam Beck

Broadcast: RYTV | MARQ