Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Kansas City 9,
Chi. Cubs 1
When: 2:20 PM ET, Sunday, August 22, 2021
Where: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature: 78°
Umpires: Home - Jansen Visconti, 1B - Victor Carapazza, 2B - Carlos Torres, 3B - Jerry Meals
Attendance: 29640
Where: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature: 78°
Umpires: Home - Jansen Visconti, 1B - Victor Carapazza, 2B - Carlos Torres, 3B - Jerry Meals
Attendance: 29640
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 0 |
| Chi. Cubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .277 |
| Nicky Lopez | SS | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .282 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .272 |
| Cam Gallagher | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .186 |
| Andrew Benintendi | LF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .264 |
| Carlos Santana | 1B | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .229 |
| Joel Payamps | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Wade Davis | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Hunter Dozier | RF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .210 |
| Michael A. Taylor | CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .242 |
| Emmanuel Rivera | 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .263 |
| Carlos Hernandez | SP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .000 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .228 |
| Totals | 39 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 27 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Andrew Benintendi (16), Carlos Santana (14), Hunter Dozier (21) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield 2, Nicky Lopez 2, Andrew Benintendi 4, Carlos Santana 5, Hunter Dozier 3, Michael A. Taylor 2, Emmanuel Rivera 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Whit Merrifield (58), Nicky Lopez (32), Andrew Benintendi 3 (43), Carlos Santana (59), Hunter Dozier 2 (37), Michael A. Taylor (44) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Nicky Lopez (13), Carlos Santana (20) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Hunter Dozier 2 (37), Carlos Hernandez 2 (2) | |||||||||
| SF - Whit Merrifield (10), Andrew Benintendi (4), Michael A. Taylor (4) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Whit Merrifield (9), Ryan O'Hearn (6) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Nicky Lopez (18, 2nd off Mills/Romine), Emmanuel Rivera (1, 2nd off Mills/Romine) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Carlos Hernandez (W 4-1) | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 3.97 |
| Joel Payamps | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.53 |
| Wade Davis | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.63 |
| WP - Carlos Hernandez | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Carlos Hernandez 107-63, Joel Payamps 12-8, Wade Davis 12-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Carlos Hernandez 3-4, Joel Payamps 1-1, Wade Davis 0-3 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Carlos Hernandez 27, Joel Payamps 3, Wade Davis 4 | ||||||||
Chi. Cubs
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Rafael Ortega | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .307 |
| Frank Schwindel | 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .362 |
| Ian Happ | LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .188 |
| Patrick Wisdom | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .253 |
| Matt Duffy | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .262 |
| Jason Heyward | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .194 |
| Austin Romine | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .154 |
| Sergio Alcantara | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .189 |
| Alec Mills | SP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .048 |
| Ryan Meisinger | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Michael Hermosillo | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .100 |
| Rowan Wick | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Adrian Sampson | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Andrew Romine | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .209 |
| Rex Brothers | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Michael Rucker | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 31 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 17 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Ian Happ (12) | |||||||||
| TB - Frank Schwindel 2, Ian Happ 2, Patrick Wisdom, Matt Duffy | |||||||||
| RBI - Matt Duffy (14) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Matt Duffy 2 (18) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Jason Heyward (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| PB - Austin Romine (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Alec Mills (L 5-6) | 4.0 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4.76 |
| Ryan Meisinger | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11.12 |
| Rowan Wick | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.86 |
| Adrian Sampson | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.80 |
| Rex Brothers | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.82 |
| Michael Rucker | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8.56 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Alec Mills 100-70, Ryan Meisinger 12-7, Rowan Wick 24-14, Adrian Sampson 11-10, Rex Brothers 18-11, Michael Rucker 11-6 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Alec Mills 3-4, Ryan Meisinger 0-1, Rowan Wick 0-0, Adrian Sampson 1-0, Rex Brothers 0-0, Michael Rucker 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Alec Mills 24, Ryan Meisinger 3, Rowan Wick 6, Adrian Sampson 4, Rex Brothers 5, Michael Rucker 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Ryan Meisinger 2-1 | ||||||||