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Major League BaseballKauffman Stadium · Kansas City, Missouri

Sun, Aug 9 · 2:10 PM EDT

Chicago

Cubs

52-41 · 25-22 away

August 9 · 2:10 PM EDT

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Kansas City

Royals

38-56 · 21-26 home

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Top hitters

CHC

AVG

.296▲

Pete Crow-Armstrong

Chicago Cubs

xwOBA 88th

2Carson Kelly.278
3Seiya Suzuki.266
4Pedro Ramírez.250

AVG

.370▲

Tyler Tolbert

Kansas City Royals

Sprint Speed 95th

2Bobby Witt Jr..288
3Starling Marte.268
4Michael Massey.263

Season batting average · up/down arrow = hot/cold last 15 · MLB Stats API · hero Statcast accent by Baseball Savant

Win probability

CHC 53%KC 47%

Team stats

CHCKC

767

Hits

776

469

Runs

402

117

Home Runs

437

RBI

383

Stolen Bases

404

Walks

306

773

Strikeouts

747

Runners LOB

Statcast profile

CHCKC

7.99%

Barrel%

8.6%

40.11%

Hard-hit%

44.22%

.330

xwOBA

.320

Barrel% perfectly-struck balls — ideal exit velo + launch angle, near-automatic extra bases · Hard-hit% share of balls hit 95+ mph · xwOBA expected offensive value from contact quality (higher is better)

Season quality of contact · Baseball Savant

Injury report

Royals

Vinnie Pasquantino · 1BJul 1010-Day-IL

Stephen Kolek · SPJul 10bereavement

Nick Mears · RPJul 1015-Day-IL

Carlos Estevez · RPJul 1760-Day-IL

Maikel Garcia · 3BJul 2010-Day-IL

Cubs

Seiya Suzuki · RFJul 10Day-To-Day

Riley Martin · RPJul 1215-Day-IL

Hunter Harvey · RPJul 1260-Day-IL

Phil Maton · RPJul 1715-Day-IL

Jameson Taillon · SPJul 1715-Day-IL

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Team outlook

CHC

2nd in NL Central

52-41pace 91-71

Pythag 51-42 (+1)

In a wild-card spot

7-3 L10 · L1

In the hunt.

5th in AL Central

38-56pace 65-97

Pythag 40-54 (-2)

9.0 GB wild card

4-6 L10 · L2

Eyes on next year.

Pace current win rate over a full 162 · Pythagthe record you'd expect from runs scored vs allowed (+ = winning more than that, − = fewer)

MLB Stats API

Preseason Series

CHC win series 2-0

CHC52-41· 25-22 away

KC38-56· 21-26 home

Form

CHCLast 5Rec 52-41

LWWWL

Away25-22

KCLast 5Rec 38-56

LLWWW

Home21-26

MLB Standings

LADW161-33

MILW159-34

TBL154-37

ATLW254-38

CHCL152-41

PHIW152-42

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