Kansas City Royals @ Chicago Cubs

40-86, 17-46 Away

Final

64-59, 35-30 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
M. MelendezLF	1-4	0	0	0	.234
B. Witt Jr.SS	1-4	1	0	0	.281
M. Massey2B	2-4	0	0	1	.228
S. PerezC	0-4	0	0	0	.254
N. VelazquezDH	0-3	1	0	0	.259
K. IsbelCF	2-4	1	0	0	.242
M. Duffy3B	0-3	0	0	0	.258
M. GarciaPH	1-1	0	0	1	.286
M. Beaty1B	0-2	0	0	0	.263
D. WatersPH	0-1	0	0	1	.232
D. BlancoRF	0-4	0	0	0	.241
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 2nd: Blanco flied out to left. 5th: Blanco lined out to left. 7th: Blanco grounded out to third. 9th: Blanco grounded out to shortstop.

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
J. Lyles	8.0	5	4	1	2	92-65	6.20

According to ESPN Analytics

CHC

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Wrigley Field

7:20 PM, 20 August 2023

Chicago, Illinois

Attendance: 36,949

Game Time:2:02

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Chad Whitson
First Base Umpire - Roberto Ortiz
Second Base Umpire - Rob Drake
Third Base Umpire - Bill Miller

Suzuki and Amaya hit solo homers and Cubs beat Royals 4-3

— Seiya Suzuki and Miguel Amaya hit solo homers, helping Kyle Hendricks and the Chicago Cubs beat the Kansas City Royals 4-3 on Sunday.

Aug 20, 2023, 11:26 pm - AP


KC
CHC

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

Scoring Summary

		KC	CHC
1st	Massey singled to right, Witt Jr. scored.	1	0
1st	Happ tripled to center, Hoerner scored.	1	1
1st	Bellinger hit sacrifice fly to right, Happ scored.	1	2
5th	Suzuki homered to left (395 feet).	1	3
8th	Amaya homered to left (395 feet).	1	4
9th	Garcia singled to center, Velázquez scored, Isbel to third.	2	4
9th	Waters grounded out to second, Isbel scored, Garcia to second.	3	4

Data is currently unavailable.

Royals
4
Cubs
3

Game 1

18/8

Royals
4
Cubs
6

Game 2

19/8

Royals
3
Cubs
4

Game 3

20/8

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Chicago	47	43	.522	-	L1
Cleveland	47	45	.511	1	L3
Minnesota	45	47	.489	3	W3
Detroit	41	50	.451	6.5	W3
Kansas City	38	54	.413	10	W3

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	58	33	.637	-	W4
Chicago	51	40	.560	7	W2
St. Louis	47	43	.522	10.5	L4
Pittsburgh	47	45	.511	11.5	W3
Cincinnati	41	49	.456	16.5	L1

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Kansas City Royals @ Chicago Cubs

Win Probability

Game Information

Suzuki and Amaya hit solo homers and Cubs beat Royals 4-3

K. Hendricks5-6

J. Lyles3-14

A. Alzolay18

Scoring Summary

Inning

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