Cubs vs. Royals (Aug 7, 2026)

Cubs CHC

67-49

4-1 in Last 5

Royals KCR

48-68

2-3 in Last 5

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Odds

CHC

KCR

-156

Money

+153

Money

-1.5

-106

+1.5

-111

-164

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CHC

Probable Pitchers

KCR

Kevin Gausman

RHP #12

Daniel Lynch IV

LHP #41

5-10

W-L

4-2

4.38

ERA

1.96

127

1.29

WHIP

0.93

128

127.1

46.0

CHC

Team Stats

KCR

144

116

595

480

988

954

.248

AVG

.245

.338

OBP

.312

.415

SLG

.396

4.05

ERA

4.80

898

859

343

435

CHC

Injuries

KCR

Matt Shaw

10-Day IL (Hand)

Maikel Garcia

10-Day IL (Hand)

Hoby Milner

15-Day IL (Appendicitis)

Vinnie Pasquantino

10-Day IL (Wrist)

Ethan Roberts

15-Day IL (Forearm)

Beck Way

15-Day IL (Back)

Edward Cabrera

15-Day IL (Hamstring)

Stephen Kolek

60-Day IL (Flexor)

Daniel Palencia

15-Day IL (Elbow)

Carlos Estévez

60-Day IL (Foot)

Gavin Hollowell

15-Day IL (Shoulder)

Connor Seabold

60-Day IL (Lat)

Phil Maton

15-Day IL (Knee)

Jonathan India

60-Day IL (Shoulder)

Tyler Austin

60-Day IL (Knee)

Cole Ragans

60-Day IL (Elbow)

Hunter Harvey

60-Day IL (Tricep)

James McArthur

60-Day IL (Elbow)

Shelby Miller

60-Day IL (Elbow)

Alec Marsh

60-Day IL (Shoulder)

Justin Steele

60-Day IL (Elbow)

Nick Mears

60-Day IL (Shoulder)

Ben Brown

60-Day IL (Neck)

Luinder Avila

60-Day IL (Forearm)

Porter Hodge

60-Day IL (Elbow)

Riley Martin

60-Day IL (Elbow)

Cade Horton

60-Day IL (Forearm)

Clay Holmes

60-Day IL (Fibula)

Current Series

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Royals

-164

+142

Game 1

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Game 2

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Royals

Game 3

2026 NL Central

CHCKCR

Team	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	72	43	.626
Cubs	67	49	.578	5.5
Cardinals	57	58	.496	15.0
Reds	56	58	.491	15.5
Pirates	57	60	.487	16.0

Team	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	59	55	.518
Twins	57	59	.491	3.0
Guardians	57	59	.491	3.0
Tigers	56	59	.487	3.5
Royals	48	68	.414	12.0

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Game Info

August 7, 2026

Kauffman Stadium

Kansas City, Missouri

Batters	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
Pete Crow-Armstrong P. Crow-Armstrong	116	436	80	126	22	7	26	69	60	11	136	29	7	.289	.386	.550
Michael Busch M. Busch	115	436	50	105	19	2	14	63	67	10	117	2	1	.241	.352	.390
Nico Hoerner N. Hoerner	114	454	48	118	24	1	7	54	38	5	45	17	3	.260	.321	.363
Alex Bregman A. Bregman	113	448	61	111	23	1	12	50	56	8	83	3	1	.248	.338	.384
Ian Happ I. Happ	112	408	66	86	21	2	18	48	62	6	148	4	1	.211	.323	.404
Dansby Swanson D. Swanson	111	382	72	83	15	3	17	63	42	1	101	16	1	.217	.294	.406
Seiya Suzuki S. Suzuki	99	374	63	101	20	0	19	64	53	4	111	2	0	.270	.364	.476
Carson Kelly C. Kelly	86	268	39	71	10	0	7	40	33	3	50	0	1	.265	.352	.381
Michael Conforto M. Conforto	76	172	24	39	11	0	9	24	24	1	58	1	0	.227	.323	.448
Miguel Amaya M. Amaya	63	160	28	38	9	0	3	18	19	8	47	0	0	.238	.348	.350
Matt Shaw M. Shaw	56	130	20	32	6	2	4	20	12	3	27	4	1	.246	.322	.415
Pedro Ramirez P. Ramirez	42	106	15	31	8	1	1	14	10	0	21	5	0	.292	.350	.415
Kevin Alcantara K. Alcantara	20	21	4	5	0	0	1	5	2	0	9	0	1	.238	.304	.381
Justin Dean J. Dean	17	8	3	3	0	1	0	3	2	0	4	1	0	.375	.500	.625
James Triantos J. Triantos	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250
Tyrone Taylor T. Taylor	3	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.167	.286	.167
Caleb Thielbar C. Thielbar	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Jacob Webb J. Webb	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Aaron Civale A. Civale	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Ryan Rolison R. Rolison	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Jordan Wicks J. Wicks	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Javier Assad J. Assad	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Daniel Palencia D. Palencia	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-

	Batters	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
	Alex Bregman A. Bregman	1	1	-	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	1.000	1.000	1.000
	Michael Conforto M. Conforto	1	1	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	.000	.000	.000

Pitchers	G	GS	W	L	ERA	SO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP
Jacob Webb J. Webb	51	0	4	2	2.49	56	6	50.2	44	14	17	6	17	0
Caleb Thielbar C. Thielbar	41	0	3	2	4.84	43	3	35.1	32	19	20	10	13	0
Ryan Rolison R. Rolison	41	2	6	1	2.35	46	1	46.0	36	12	14	4	20	0
Hoby Milner H. Milner	38	0	1	0	3.53	18	1	35.2	34	14	14	4	9	3
Trent Thornton T. Thornton	33	0	5	4	2.78	17	3	35.2	26	11	14	4	14	1
Phil Maton P. Maton	31	0	0	1	6.18	31	0	27.2	34	19	19	5	16	5
Colin Rea C. Rea	23	19	8	8	4.59	90	1	117.2	119	60	62	18	41	7
Ethan Roberts E. Roberts	23	0	0	2	4.21	17	0	25.2	22	12	14	3	14	3
Shota Imanaga S. Imanaga	23	23	8	9	3.60	125	0	132.2	116	53	54	25	29	3
Ben Brown B. Brown	20	8	4	2	1.85	65	1	68.0	45	14	16	2	19	2
Javier Assad J. Assad	19	10	6	1	3.58	51	1	75.1	67	30	31	13	20	2
Daniel Palencia D. Palencia	19	0	2	1	2.70	19	3	16.2	17	5	5	2	6	0
Tyler Ferguson T. Ferguson	16	0	0	1	3.45	19	0	15.2	10	6	6	3	2	3
Gavin Hollowell G. Hollowell	14	0	0	0	2.51	13	1	14.1	11	4	5	2	8	1
Edward Cabrera E. Cabrera	14	14	5	4	5.10	65	0	72.1	72	41	46	14	29	1
Matthew Boyd M. Boyd	13	13	7	1	3.59	63	0	72.2	69	29	31	8	20	5
Riley Martin R. Martin	8	1	0	0	2.16	10	0	8.1	5	2	2	1	2	0
David Peterson D. Peterson	7	7	3	1	4.03	25	0	38.0	34	17	18	5	13	0
Aaron Civale A. Civale	5	0	0	0	2.89	9	1	9.1	10	3	3	1	2	0
Hunter Harvey H. Harvey	4	0	0	1	6.75	4	0	4.0	5	3	3	2	1	0
Jordan Wicks J. Wicks	4	2	0	2	10.45	8	2	10.1	18	12	12	1	2	1
Ryan Zeferjahn R. Zeferjahn	2	0	0	0	5.40	2	0	1.2	1	1	1	1	0	1
Jayden Murray J. Murray	2	0	0	0	18.00	6	0	3.0	6	6	6	2	2	0
Cade Horton C. Horton	2	2	1	0	2.45	4	0	7.1	4	2	2	1	2	0
Carson Kelly C. Kelly	1	0	0	0	18.00	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	2	0	0
Antoine Kelly A. Kelly	1	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0

Batters	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
Salvador Perez S. Perez	108	418	40	90	17	1	16	48	18	11	93	0	0	.215	.263	.376
Carter Jensen C. Jensen	108	381	50	87	24	1	15	54	41	1	127	1	0	.228	.301	.415
Jac Caglianone J. Caglianone	107	382	49	97	18	2	18	45	27	4	112	4	2	.254	.309	.453
Isaac Collins I. Collins	104	328	40	78	18	3	6	34	44	6	86	6	5	.238	.337	.366
Bobby Witt Jr. B. Witt Jr.	97	381	55	109	24	1	13	41	42	1	74	31	5	.286	.356	.457
Michael Massey M. Massey	95	289	38	76	20	0	9	39	16	0	53	2	0	.263	.297	.426
Vinnie Pasquantino V. Pasquantino	79	293	34	68	11	2	6	33	37	2	60	4	0	.232	.318	.345
Nick Loftin N. Loftin	78	233	31	58	18	1	5	35	26	5	38	1	0	.249	.332	.399
Maikel Garcia M. Garcia	69	268	32	70	17	2	3	30	24	0	45	5	3	.261	.320	.373
Kyle Isbel K. Isbel	59	173	17	42	7	1	3	13	10	3	42	5	0	.243	.293	.347
Starling Marte S. Marte	54	137	14	35	5	0	1	12	8	4	37	2	2	.255	.311	.314
Tyler Tolbert T. Tolbert	48	80	22	26	3	0	3	6	6	0	15	15	3	.325	.368	.475
Josh Rojas J. Rojas	26	64	6	15	3	0	1	6	3	0	9	1	0	.234	.269	.328
Jonathan India J. India	17	48	8	8	1	0	2	8	8	2	13	0	0	.167	.310	.313
John Rave J. Rave	16	38	6	10	4	1	2	2	4	0	8	1	0	.263	.333	.579
Luke Maile L. Maile	5	15	2	4	1	0	1	5	1	0	5	0	0	.267	.313	.533
Carlos Estévez C. Estévez	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Connor Seabold C. Seabold	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Lucas Erceg L. Erceg	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Nate Pearson N. Pearson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Alex Lange A. Lange	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-

Batters	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
Starling Marte S. Marte	8	15	-	8	3	1	7	1	2	1	-	-	.533	.611	.933
Bobby Witt Jr. B. Witt Jr.	5	15	-	5	1	2	6	0	0	2	-	-	.333	.333	.800
Salvador Perez S. Perez	4	11	-	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	-	-	.091	.091	.182
Jonathan India J. India	4	9	-	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	-	-	.111	.200	.222
Josh Rojas J. Rojas	4	11	-	2	1	0	0	1	0	5	-	-	.182	.250	.273
Vinnie Pasquantino V. Pasquantino	4	12	-	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	-	-	.167	.167	.250
Michael Massey M. Massey	3	9	-	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	-	-	.222	.222	.222
Maikel Garcia M. Garcia	3	10	-	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	-	-	.300	.364	.300
Luke Maile L. Maile	2	5	-	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	-	-	.200	.333	.200
Kyle Isbel K. Isbel	2	5	-	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	.200	.200	.200
Isaac Collins I. Collins	1	2	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	.000	.000	.000

Pitchers	G	GS	W	L	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP
John Schreiber J. Schreiber	46	0	0	3	3.67	31	0	0	1	41.2	39	17	20	7	18	1
Daniel Lynch IV D. Lynch IV	46	0	4	2	1.96	35	0	0	1	46.0	31	10	13	2	12	2
Alex Lange A. Lange	44	0	1	6	6.11	48	0	0	10	45.2	44	31	33	5	26	5
Lucas Erceg L. Erceg	43	0	4	3	6.37	29	0	0	12	41.0	48	29	33	5	25	5
Steven Cruz S. Cruz	40	2	2	3	4.29	48	0	0	3	42.0	34	20	21	11	17	1
Seth Lugo S. Lugo	23	23	4	7	4.41	99	0	0	0	128.2	134	63	71	15	45	6
Michael Wacha M. Wacha	23	23	5	8	3.44	112	0	0	0	144.0	125	55	59	17	41	5
Noah Cameron N. Cameron	22	21	6	8	4.37	116	0	0	0	123.2	119	60	65	14	40	3
Nick Mears N. Mears	21	0	2	3	5.12	15	0	0	0	19.1	18	11	11	2	11	0
Luinder Avila L. Avila	21	12	5	4	5.53	61	0	0	0	70.0	71	43	43	7	42	2
Beck Way B. Way	19	1	1	1	3.86	21	0	0	0	23.1	27	10	13	4	10	1
Eli Morgan E. Morgan	16	0	0	1	5.12	16	0	0	1	19.1	24	11	11	5	9	2
Mason Black M. Black	12	0	0	0	3.57	15	0	0	0	17.2	19	7	7	3	11	2
Stephen Kolek S. Kolek	10	10	4	3	4.50	34	1	1	0	54.0	55	27	30	8	12	2
Cole Ragans C. Ragans	8	8	1	4	4.84	45	0	0	0	35.1	27	19	20	10	23	0
Jose Cuas J. Cuas	6	0	0	0	2.70	9	0	0	0	6.2	8	2	2	0	2	0
Randy Dobnak R. Dobnak	6	4	2	0	1.16	15	0	0	0	31.0	24	4	4	2	13	0
Connor Seabold C. Seabold	5	0	0	0	9.00	5	0	0	0	5.0	7	5	6	0	4	2
Nate Pearson N. Pearson	5	0	1	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	4.2	2	0	0	0	2	1
Tyler Tolbert T. Tolbert	5	0	0	0	25.07	0	0	0	0	4.2	17	13	13	4	3	1
Easton McGee E. McGee	3	0	0	0	2.70	3	0	0	0	3.1	6	1	1	0	1	0
Mitch Spence M. Spence	3	1	0	2	21.21	6	0	0	0	9.1	19	22	22	3	9	0
Aaron Bummer A. Bummer	2	0	0	1	40.50	0	0	0	0	1.1	6	6	6	1	1	0
Carlos Estévez C. Estévez	1	0	0	1	162.00	0	0	0	0	0.1	4	6	6	1	2	0

Cubs CHC

Royals KCR

Odds

Probable Pitchers

Team Stats

Injuries

Current Series

2026 NL Central

Last 5

Game Info

26

69

.289

8

125

1.85

18

54

.286

6

116

3.44