Kansas City Royals at Chicago Cubs

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Kansas City Royals

49-52, 25-26 Away

Final
12 - 4

Chicago Cubs

59-41, 32-18 Home

Perez, Caglianone and Rave homers power the Royals to a 12-4 win over the Cubs

Chicago’s Matt Shaw and Carson Kelly went deep off Noah Cameron (4-4) in the second, but the rookie lefthander was in control for most of the first six innings. He allowed all four Cubs runs and seven hits while striking out six to help the Royals win their second straight.

Ben Brown (4-7), recalled earlier in the day from Triple-A Iowa, replaced opener Ryan Brasier in the second and gave up six earned runs and seven hits while striking out four over the next four innings. Caglianone had a solo shot off Brown in the second and Perez added a two-run homer in the fourth.

Kansas City got RBI hits from Jonathan India and Bobby Witt Jr. to start a four-run fifth. The two scored on a throwing error and wild pitch, respectively.

Rave homered in the seventh off Chris Flexen, who gave up Perez’s two-run shot in a four-run eighth that ensured the Cubs’ second straight loss. Relievers John Schreiber and Andrew Hoffman kept Chicago scoreless, and Witt and Rave each finished with a pair of RBI.

Shaw drove in three runs for the Cubs, who gave All-Star centerfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong the night off due to knee soreness.

Key moment Witt made the most of his at-bat in the fifth inning. He drove in Kyle Isbel with a single to put the Royals in front for good, stole second and went to third on Kelly’s errant pickoff throw, then scored on Brown’s wild pitch for the final run of the inning.

Key stat The top third of the Cubs’ order — Nico Hoerner, Kyle Tucker and Seiya Suzuki — was a combined 0 for 11.

Up next

Cubs LHP Matthew Boyd (10-3, 2.34 ERA) makes his first post-All Star break appearance Tuesday. Kansas City has not named a starter.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Bruján grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Shaw out at second.
	9th Inning	Shaw singled to left, Busch to second.
	9th Inning	Turner flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Busch walked.
	9th Inning	Loftin at third base.
	9th Inning	Maile catching.

Statistics

KC		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
5	Strikeouts	8
10	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
14	Hits	9
1	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
12	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
41	At Bats	35
4	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	0
138	Pitches	148
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
28	Total Bases	16
42	Plate Appearances	37
648.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
6	Extra Base Hits	3
9.6	Runs Created	4.5
.341	Batting Average	.257
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.683	Slugging Percentage	.457
.390	Secondary Average	.257
.357	On Base Percentage	.297
1.040	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.754
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
9.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.5
75.0	Batter Rating	33.0
10.3	At Bats Per Home Run	17.5
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.29	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.00
.341	Isolated Power	.200
0.20	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.25
.024	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.054
.049	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
22.0	Runs Produced	8.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
115.5	MLB Rating	84.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0