Chi Cubs at Kansas City — MLB August 9, 2026

10 – 2

Final

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHC	1	0	2	1	0	3	3	0	0	10	18	0
KC	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0

Decisions

Win M. Boyd CHC

7.0 IP · 5 H · 2 ER · 3 K · 3.50 ERA

Loss R. Dobnak KC

5.0 IP · 10 H · 4 ER · 4 K · 2.00 ERA

Recap

Highlights

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	CHC	KC
Top 1st Michael Conforto out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Starling Marte. Michael Busch scores.	1	0
Top 3rd Michael Conforto singles on a fly ball to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Michael Busch scores. Ian Happ to 2nd.	2	0
Top 3rd Nico Hoerner singles on a fly ball to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Ian Happ scores. Michael Conforto to 2nd.	3	0
Top 4th Alex Bregman singles on a ground ball to left fielder Starling Marte. Pete Crow-Armstrong scores. Michael Busch to 2nd.	4	0
Bottom 4th Starling Marte homers (2) on a fly ball to left field. Salvador Perez scores.	4	2
Top 6th Alex Bregman singles on a fly ball to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Pete Crow-Armstrong scores.	5	2
Top 6th Ian Happ homers (20) on a fly ball to right field. Alex Bregman scores.	7	2
Top 7th Miguel Amaya homers (4) on a fly ball to left field. Nico Hoerner scores. Dansby Swanson scores.	10	2

Closing line

Box score

Chi Cubs

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
P. Crow-Armstrong DH	5	2	1	0	1	2	.286
M. Busch 1B	5	2	3	0	0	0	.248
J. Triantos PH-2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200
A. Bregman 3B	6	1	3	2	0	1	.249
I. Happ LF	5	2	3	2	0	1	.216
M. Conforto RF	4	0	2	2	0	1	.237
N. Hoerner 2B	3	1	2	1	1	0	.260
P. Ramirez PH-2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.295
D. Swanson SS	4	1	1	0	1	1	.214
M. Amaya C	5	1	2	3	0	2	.242
T. Taylor CF	5	0	1	0	0	1	.241
Totals		10	18		3	9

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
M. Boyd W	7.0	5	2	2	3	3	98
R. Zeferjahn	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	24
J. Assad	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	5

Kansas City

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
N. Loftin 3B	4	0	0	0	0	2	.243
B. Witt Jr. DH	3	0	0	0	1	1	.284
J. Caglianone RF-1B	4	0	1	0	0	1	.264
S. Perez 1B	4	1	1	0	0	0	.216
J. Rave RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262
S. Marte LF	4	1	1	2	0	0	.250
M. Massey 2B	4	0	2	0	0	0	.262
T. Tolbert SS	3	0	0	0	1	0	.314
L. Maile C	3	0	1	0	0	1	.278
K. Isbel CF	2	0	0	0	1	0	.233
Totals		2	6		3	5