Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Kansas City 6,
Chi. Cubs 2
When: 2:20 PM ET, Friday, August 20, 2021
Where: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature: 84°
Umpires: Home - Carlos Torres, 1B - Jerry Meals, 2B - Jansen Visconti, 3B - Victor Carapazza
Attendance: 31835
Where: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature: 84°
Umpires: Home - Carlos Torres, 1B - Jerry Meals, 2B - Jansen Visconti, 3B - Victor Carapazza
Attendance: 31835
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 |
| Chi. Cubs | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .272 |
| Nicky Lopez | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .274 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .276 |
| Jarrod Dyson | PH-RF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .220 |
| Carlos Santana | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .224 |
| Andrew Benintendi | LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .256 |
| Michael A. Taylor | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .238 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .235 |
| Cam Gallagher | C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .195 |
| Emmanuel Rivera | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .260 |
| Brad Keller | SP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Hunter Dozier | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .207 |
| Richard Lovelady | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jake Brentz | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Scott Barlow | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 34 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 9 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Andrew Benintendi (14) | |||||||||
| HR - Salvador Perez 2 (32), Andrew Benintendi (12), Cam Gallagher (1), Emmanuel Rivera (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield, Salvador Perez 8, Jarrod Dyson, Andrew Benintendi 6, Cam Gallagher 4, Emmanuel Rivera 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Salvador Perez 2 (80), Jarrod Dyson (10), Andrew Benintendi (40), Cam Gallagher (2), Emmanuel Rivera (3) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Andrew Benintendi (14) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Nicky Lopez (29), Michael A. Taylor (44), Emmanuel Rivera (8) | |||||||||
| S - Nicky Lopez (10) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Whit Merrifield (36, 3rd off Meisinger/Romine) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Carlos Santana (5) | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Ryan O'Hearn (Happ at 1st) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Brad Keller (W 8-12) | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5.43 |
| Richard Lovelady (H 1) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.00 |
| Jake Brentz (H 13) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.15 |
| Scott Barlow | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.59 |
| HBP - Matt Duffy (by Keller) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Brad Keller 97-60, Richard Lovelady 15-11, Jake Brentz 13-7, Scott Barlow 8-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Brad Keller 6-1, Richard Lovelady 1-0, Jake Brentz 2-0, Scott Barlow 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Brad Keller 23, Richard Lovelady 4, Jake Brentz 3, Scott Barlow 3 | ||||||||
Chi. Cubs
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Rafael Ortega | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .321 |
| Frank Schwindel | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .365 |
| Ian Happ | LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .187 |
| Patrick Wisdom | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .253 |
| Matt Duffy | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .267 |
| Jason Heyward | RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .199 |
| Michael Hermosillo | PH-RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .167 |
| David Bote | 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .202 |
| Austin Romine | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .182 |
| Zach Davies | SP | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .172 |
| Rex Brothers | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Robinson Chirinos | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .278 |
| Ryan Meisinger | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jake Jewell | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 30 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Patrick Wisdom (19) | |||||||||
| TB - Ian Happ, Patrick Wisdom 4, David Bote, Austin Romine, Zach Davies | |||||||||
| RBI - Ian Happ (35), Patrick Wisdom (38) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Ian Happ (17) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Rafael Ortega (14) | |||||||||
| S - Zach Davies (10) | |||||||||
| GIDP - David Bote (7) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 4 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Zach Davies (L 6-10) | 6.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5.04 |
| Rex Brothers | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.93 |
| Ryan Meisinger | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 |
| Jake Jewell | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Zach Davies 98-60, Rex Brothers 13-8, Ryan Meisinger 22-12, Jake Jewell 20-13 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Zach Davies 7-3, Rex Brothers 2-0, Ryan Meisinger 1-2, Jake Jewell 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Zach Davies 24, Rex Brothers 3, Ryan Meisinger 6, Jake Jewell 5 | ||||||||