Kansas City Royals vs Chicago Cubs Box Score on Aug 18, 2023

Aug 18, 2023 - Regular Season

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921

CHC

922

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

Cole Ragans (W)

Jameson Taillon (L)

	ML	O/U (Margin)	ATS (Margin)
KC	+150	8.5o	1.5 (2.5)
CHC	-164	8.5u (1.5)	-1.5

Batting Stats

Kansas City
Chi. Cubs

	POS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
M. Garcia	3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.284
M. Duffy	3B	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	.269
B. Witt Jr.	SS	4	2	2	2	0	1	1	.278
M. Massey	2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.225
S. Perez	1B	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	.254
M. Melendez	DH	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.235
F. Fermin	C	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	.299
D. Waters	RF	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	.237
N. Velazquez	LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	.241
D. Blanco	LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250
K. Isbel	CF	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	.234
Totals		32	4	7	4	1	4	12
Batting
2B - MJ Melendez (25)
HR - Bobby Witt Jr. (24)
TB - Matt Duffy 1, Bobby Witt Jr. 5, MJ Melendez 2, Freddy Fermin 1, Drew Waters 1, Kyle Isbel 1
RBI - Bobby Witt Jr. 2 (78), Salvador Perez (55), Kyle Isbel (21)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Salvador Perez (34), Kyle Isbel (23)
SF - Salvador Perez (5)
Team LOB - 12
Baserunning
SB - Drew Waters (2nd off Taillon/Gomes)
CS - MJ Melendez (3rd off Taillon/Gomes)
Fielding
E - Matt Duffy (9)
Outfield Assists - Drew Waters (Hoerner at 2nd)

	POS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
C. Morel	DH	4	0	0	1	1	1	2	.256
N. Hoerner	2B	4	0	3	1	1	1	0	.284
I. Happ	LF	4	0	1	0	1	3	3	.240
C. Bellinger	CF	5	0	0	0	0	1	5	.323
D. Swanson	SS	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	.251
Y. Gomes	C	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	.269
S. Suzuki	RF	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	.255
J. Candelario	3B -1B	2	0	1	1	2	1	1	.396
P. Wisdom	1B	3	1	1	0	0	2	2	.199
N. Madrigal	PH -3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.269
Totals		35	3	10	3	5	13	18
Batting
2B - Yan Gomes (14)
TB - Nico Hoerner 3, Ian Happ 1, Yan Gomes 3, Seiya Suzuki 2, Jeimer Candelario 1, Patrick Wisdom 1
RBI - Christopher Morel (60), Nico Hoerner (60), Jeimer Candelario (4)
2-Out RBI - Nico Hoerner (24)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Cody Bellinger (31), Dansby Swanson (50), Nick Madrigal (21)
Team LOB - 18
Baserunning
CS - Christopher Morel (Home off Ragans/Fermin), Christopher Morel (Home off Ragans/Fermin)
Fielding
E - Jeimer Candelario (2), Patrick Wisdom (12)
DP - 1

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
C. Ragans (W 2-1)	6 .0	8	3	3	2	9	0	2.51
D. Coleman (H 5)	1 .0	0	0	0	1	1	0	7.85
T. Clarke (H 11)	0 .2	1	0	0	0	1	0	5.79
A. Cox (H 4)	0 .1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.73
C. Hernandez (S 2)	1 .0	1	0	0	1	2	0	4.42
WP - Dylan Coleman
Pitches-Strikes - Cole Ragans 106-72, Dylan Coleman 19-9, Taylor Clarke 15-9, Austin Cox 8-4, Carlos Hernandez 26-18
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Cole Ragans 2-3, Dylan Coleman 0-1, Taylor Clarke 0-1, Austin Cox 1-0, Carlos Hernandez 0-0
Batters Faced - Cole Ragans 27, Dylan Coleman 4, Taylor Clarke 3, Austin Cox 2, Carlos Hernandez 4
Inherited Runners-Scored - Austin Cox 1-0

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
J. Taillon (L 7-8)	6 .0	6	4	2	0	3	1	5.56
M. Fulmer	1 .0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.98
J. Cuas	1 .0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
D. Smyly	1 .0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4.98
WP - Jose Cuas
Pitches-Strikes - Jameson Taillon 91-65, Michael Fulmer 14-9, Jose Cuas 18-11, Drew Smyly 9-7
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jameson Taillon 5-6, Michael Fulmer 1-2, Jose Cuas 1-1, Drew Smyly 1-1
Batters Faced - Jameson Taillon 23, Michael Fulmer 4, Jose Cuas 4, Drew Smyly 3

Game Info

Date: Friday, August 18, 2023 2:20 PM ET
Location: Wrigley Field
Umpires: Home - Rob Drake, First - Bill Miller, Second - Chad Whitson, Third - Roberto Ortiz
Temperature: 73 °
Attendance: 37936

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