Kansas City Royals at Chicago Cubs

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Kansas City Royals

49-53, 25-27 Away

Final
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Chicago Cubs

60-41, 33-18 Home

Matthew Boyd sharp for 11th win, Cubs blank Royals and Rich Hill 6-0.

Nico Hoerner, Dansby Swanson and Matt Shaw each had two hits as Chicago ended a two-game slide. Shaw, Hoerner, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Seiya Suzuki and Carson Kelly had RBI.

Boyd (11-3) gave up four hits, struck out six and walked one in winning his fifth straight start. The left-hander retired the first eight Royals batters and didn't allow a hit until Nick Loftin led off the fifth with a line single.

Caleb Thielbar followed with a perfect eighth and Daniel Palencia worked around two singles in the ninth to complete a six-hitter.

Hill (0-1) became the oldest active player in baseball after the Royals selected the 45-year-old from Triple-A Omaha. He allowed three runs — one earned — and six hits in five innings. The left-hander threw 90 pitches (55 strikes), walking two and striking out one.

It was the debut of Hill's 21st season in the majors and his first with Kansas City. The Royals are his 14th major league team, matching Edwin Jackson’s record.

Hill and the Royals fell behind 2-0 in the second when the Royals committed two errors, botching potential double plays. Crow-Armstrong doubled in a run off Hill in the fifth.

The Cubs put the game away with three runs in the seventh off Jonathan Bowlan.

Key moment After Loftin singled in the fifth, the Royals loaded the bases with one out on Freddy Fermin’s bloop and John Rave’s bunt single. Swanson snared Kyle Isbel’s broken-bat liner at shortstop, then dived to tag out Fermin before he could get back to second for an inning-ending double play.

Key stat The Cubs stole six bases in the game, including four off Hill. That included a double-steal by Justin Turner and Shaw in the second, Chicago scored its final run with on double-steal with Kyle Tucker stealing home and Suzuzki second base in the seventh.

Up next Royals RHP Seth Lugo (6-5, 2.94 ERA) will face Cubs RHP Colin Rea (8-3, 3.80) on Wednesday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Loftin struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Perez singled to right.
	9th Inning	Garcia grounded into double play, shortstop to first, Witt Jr. out at second.
	9th Inning	Witt Jr. singled to center.
	9th Inning	Palencia relieved Thielbar
	8th Inning	Hoerner grounded out to shortstop.

Statistics

KC		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
8	Strikeouts	6
0	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	9
0	Stolen Bases	7
1	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	6
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
31	At Bats	33
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
8	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	0
112	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
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
6	Total Bases	10
32	Plate Appearances	37
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
0	Extra Base Hits	1
0.5	Runs Created	5.0
.194	Batting Average	.273
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.194	Slugging Percentage	.303
.032	Secondary Average	.333
.219	On Base Percentage	.324
.412	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.627
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
0.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.4
6.0	Batter Rating	40.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.50	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.00
.000	Isolated Power	.030
0.13	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.031	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.081
-.161	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.061
0.0	Runs Produced	11.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
63.0	MLB Rating	84.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0