Starting Lineups:
Chicago Cubs Kansas City Royals
1. Bryant 3b Merrifield cf
2. Rizzo 1b Soler rf
3. Baez ss O'Hearn 1b
4. Contreras dh Perez c
5. Schwarber lf Gordon lf
6. Bote 2b McBroom dh
7. Heyward rf Mondesi ss
8. Hoerner cf Franco 3b
9. Caratini c N. Lopez 2b
Darvish p Bubic p
CUBS 1ST: Bryant flied to center; Rizzo struck out; Baez was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Merrifield struck out; Soler grounded out (third to
first); O'Hearn flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0,
Royals 0.
CUBS 2ND: Contreras struck out; Schwarber grounded out (second
to first); Bote struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0,
Royals 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Perez singled to left; Gordon forced Perez (first to
shortstop) [Gordon to first]; McBroom singled to left [Gordon to
second]; Mondesi grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [McBroom out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Cubs 0, Royals 0.
CUBS 3RD: Heyward flied to right; Hoerner flied to right;
Caratini grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Franco doubled to left; N. Lopez singled to right
[Franco to third]; Merrifield grounded into a double play
(pitcher to second to first) [Franco scored (no RBI), N. Lopez
out at second]; Soler was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Cubs 0, Royals 1.
CUBS 4TH: Bryant singled to right; Rizzo walked [Bryant to
second]; Baez singled to second [Bryant scored, Rizzo to third];
Contreras grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Rizzo scored (no RBI), Baez out at second]; Schwarber
walked; Bote struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 2, Royals 1.
ROYALS 4TH: O'Hearn popped to third; Perez flied to center;
Gordon walked; McBroom struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs
2, Royals 1.
CUBS 5TH: Heyward lined to right; Hoerner grounded out (third to
first); Caratini singled to right; Bryant grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 2, Royals 1.
ROYALS 5TH: Mondesi popped to shortstop; Franco grounded out
(shortstop to first); N. Lopez popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Royals 1.
CUBS 6TH: Rizzo singled to right; Baez grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Rizzo out at second];
Contreras struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Royals 1.
ROYALS 6TH: Merrifield singled to first; Darvish threw a wild
pitch [Merrifield to second]; Soler popped to first in foul
territory [Merrifield to third]; O'Hearn was called out on
strikes; Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Cubs 2, Royals 1.
CUBS 7TH: BARLOW REPLACED BUBIC (PITCHING); Schwarber struck
out; HAPP BATTED FOR BOTE; Happ grounded out (first unassisted);
Heyward struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Royals 1.
ROYALS 7TH: HAPP STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); HOERNER CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Gordon grounded out (first to pitcher);
McBroom lined to center; Mondesi popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Royals 1.
CUBS 8TH: KENNEDY REPLACED BARLOW (PITCHING); Hoerner struck
out; Caratini grounded out (third to first); Bryant reached on
an error by Franco [Bryant to first]; Rizzo singled to right
[Bryant to third]; Baez singled to right [Bryant scored
(unearned), Rizzo to second]; Contreras singled to right [Rizzo
scored (unearned), Baez to third]; SPEIER REPLACED KENNEDY
(PITCHING); Contreras stole second; Schwarber was called out on
strikes; 2 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 4, Royals 1.
ROYALS 8TH: JEFFRESS REPLACED DARVISH (PITCHING); ALMORA
REPLACED SCHWARBER (PLAYING CF); HAPP CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
LF); Franco popped to shortstop; N. Lopez grounded out (pitcher
to first); Merrifield struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 4,
Royals 1.
CUBS 9TH: Happ doubled to left; Heyward grounded out (third to
first); NEWBERRY REPLACED SPEIER (PITCHING); Hoerner lined to
right; Caratini singled to right [Happ scored]; Bryant doubled
to center [Caratini scored (error by Merrifield) (unearned) (no
RBI)]; Originally scored as single, changed to double on
08-06-2020; Newberry threw a wild pitch [Bryant to third];
Rizzo struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 6, Royals 1.
ROYALS 9TH: REA REPLACED JEFFRESS (PITCHING); Soler reached on
an error by Hoerner [Soler to first]; O'Hearn struck out; Perez
lined to right; Gordon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubs
6, Royals 1.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Cubs 6 10 1 5
Royals 1 5 2 4
