Kansas City Royals vs. Chicago Cubs - Aug 21, 2021

54-68

CHC

54-71

FINAL

Wrigley Field

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

WIN

Kris Bubic

6.1 IP, 1 H, 2 ER, 9 K, 2 BB

LOSS

Keegan Thompson

4.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 K, 2 BB

SAVE

Scott Barlow

1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 K, 0 BB

Box Score

KC BATTING
PLAYER	H-AB	R	RBI	AVG
1W. Merrifield2B	3-5	2	0	.276
2N. LopezSS	3-5	0	1	.279
3C. Santana1B	0-4	0	0	.222
4A. BenintendiLF	2-4	1	0	.259
5M. A. TaylorCF	1-3	0	1	.239
6R. O'HearnRF	0-4	0	0	.230
↳ J. DysonRF	0-0	0	0	.220
7E. Rivera3B	0-3	1	0	.245
8C. GallagherC	0-4	0	0	.186
9K. BubicP	0-3	0	0	.000
↳ D. TapiaP	0-0	0	0	.000
↳ J. StaumontP	0-0	0	0	.000
↳ S. PerezPH	0-1	0	0	.275
↳ S. BarlowP	0-0	0	0	.000

KC PITCHING
PLAYER	IP	H	ER	BB	K	P-S	ERA
K. Bubic(W, 4-6)	6.1	1	2	2	9	92-61	4.94
D. Tapia(H, 1)	0.2	0	0	0	1	6-4	2.45
J. Staumont(H, 8)	1.0	0	0	0	1	11-7	3.28
S. Barlow(S, 8)	1.0	0	0	0	0	8-6	2.55

FULL BOX SCORE

Team Totals

KC		CHC
9	HITS	1
0	HOME RUNS	1
12	TOTAL BASES	4
2	WALKS	2
8	STRIKEOUTS	11
16	RUNNERS LOB	2

Win Probability

KC 100.0%

KCEVENCHC

10050100

BOT 9 · KC 4-2 CHC · KC 100.0%Patrick Wisdom grounds out to first baseman Carlos Santana.

Scoring Summary

TOP 1Carlos Santana grounds out to first baseman Frank Schwindel.1-0
TOP 2Nicky Lopez 1-run single on a line drive to center fielder Rafael Ortega. Emmanuel Rivera scores. Whit Merrifield to 3rd.2-0
TOP 5Royals challenged (home-plate collision), call on the field was overturned: Michael A. Taylor 1-run double on a line drive to left fielder Michael Hermosillo. Andrew Benintendi scores.3-0
TOP 7Andrew Benintendi strikes out on a foul tip.4-0
BOT 7Patrick Wisdom 2-run 376' no-doubter on a fly ball to left field. Frank Schwindel scores.4-2

Season Series

KC LEADS 3-0

AL Central Standings

AMERICAN LEAGUE

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Chicago	93	69	.574