Chicago Cubs at Kansas City Royals

CHC 10 — 2 KC

Final — 2026-08-09

MVP: Matthew Boyd 7.0 IP, 3 K, 2 ER

Chicago Cubs defeated Kansas City Royals 10-2. Matthew Boyd led the way with 7.0 IP, 3 K, 2 ER. Matthew Boyd earned the win and Randy Dobnak took the loss.

	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

WP Matthew Boyd (8-1)

LP Randy Dobnak (2-1)

Scoring Plays

Top 1: Conforto hit sacrifice fly to left, Busch scored. (1-0)

Top 3: Conforto singled to center, Busch scored, Happ to second. (2-0)

Top 3: Hoerner singled to center, Happ scored, Conforto to second. (3-0)

Top 4: Bregman singled to left, Crow-Armstrong scored, Busch to second. (4-0)

Bot 4: Marte homered to left (413 feet), Perez scored. (4-2)

Top 6: Bregman singled to center, Crow-Armstrong scored. (5-2)

Top 6: Happ homered to right (401 feet), Bregman scored. (7-2)

Top 7: Amaya homered to left (388 feet), Hoerner scored and Swanson scored. (10-2)

CHC — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Crow-Armstrong	DH	5	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	.286	.388	.544	.932
Busch	1B	5	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.358	.395	.753
Bregman	3B	6	1	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	.249	.338	.381	.719
Happ	LF	5	2	3	0	1	2	0	1	0	.216	.324	.420	.744
Conforto	RF	4	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	.237	.328	.458	.786
Hoerner	2B	3	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	.260	.320	.363	.683
Swanson	SS	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	.214	.292	.397	.689
Amaya	C	5	1	2	0	1	3	0	2	0	.242	.349	.370	.719
Taylor	CF	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.241	.294	.481	.775
Ramirez	1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.350	.438	.788
Triantos	2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400

KC — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Loftin	3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.243	.326	.391	.717
Witt	DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.284	.355	.450	.805
Caglianone	1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.264	.317	.480	.797
Perez	1B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.262	.373	.635
Marte	LF	4	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	.250	.304	.326	.630
Massey	2B	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	.262	.295	.425	.720
Tolbert	SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.314	.362	.465	.827
Maile	C	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.278	.316	.500	.816
Isbel	CF	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.233	.286	.333	.619
Rave	RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.340	.548	.888

CHC — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Boyd	7.0	5	2	2	3	3	1	98-64	3.50	1.22	W, 8-1
Zeferjahn	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	24-14	3.64	1.18
Assad	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5-4	3.54	1.14

KC — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Dobnak	5.0	10	4	4	1	4	0	94-65	2.00	1.33	L, 2-1
McGee	2.0	5	6	6	2	3	2	41-28	8.59	2.18
Erceg	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	17-12	6.07	1.77
Rojas	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13-7	0.00	1.00

Venue: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri (24,225)

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

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