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August 6, 2018

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 3 9 0
Royals 1 8 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 3 9 0
Royals 1 8 0

Alcides Escobar Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .201
OBP .333 .251
At Bats 3 373
Hits 1 75
• Singles 1 56
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 21
RBI’s 1 22

Pedro Strop Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 1 7
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Kauffman Stadium - August 6, 2018
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Strikeout
Pedro Strop
Willson Contreras
Anthony Rizzo
Javier Baez
Addison Russell
Ian Happ
Albert Almora
Jason Heyward
Alcides Escobar

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 3 9 0 8
Kansas City Royals 1 8 0 7
Winning Pitcher Cole Hamels
Losing Pitcher Kevin McCarthy
Save Pedro Strop
Game Winning RBI Javier Baez
Attendance 32,339
Time of Game 2 hours 52 minutes
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Count: 0-2, 2 Outs
Count: 0-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Escobar strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Mondesi strikes out.
Bottom 9 Pedro Strop now pitching. Unknown Player now playing third base. Javier Baez now playing second base. Brett Phillips pinch hits for Jorge BonifaciPhillips hits a ball on the ground towards first. Rizzo scoops it up and throws to first, with Strop covering, for the out.
Top 9 Zobrist hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Rizzo hits a line drive into center field. Merrifield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Almora takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dozier fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Dozier hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kintzler fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Brandon Kintzler now pitching. Perez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Zobrist settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Happ strikes out.
Top 8 Contreras strikes out.
Top 8 There's a wild pitch. Baez moves to third. Schwarber moves to second.
Top 8 Schwarber is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Jason Hammel now pitching. Baez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of . Baez reaches second base with a double. Heyward goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Heyward hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mondesi fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Brian Flynn now pitching. Zobrist hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dozier fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zobrist scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Merrifield hits a fly ball into right field. Heyward settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Steve Cishek now pitching. Butera strikes out.
Top 7 Unknown Player now pitching. Rizzo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Almora hits a ball on the ground towards short. Escobar fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dozier fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Escobar hits a line drive towards short. Russell reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Mondesi hits a line drive into right field. Heyward settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bonifacio hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 strikes out.
Top 6 Happ strikes out.
Top 6 Contreras strikes out.
Top 6 Schwarber hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mondesi scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Kevin McCarthy now pitching. Baez hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Dozier hits a ball on the ground towards first. Rizzo scoops it up and throws to first, with Hamels covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Perez is hit by the pitch. Butera moves to third. Gordon moves to second.
Bottom 5 Gordon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Butera moves to second.
Bottom 5 Merrifield strikes out.
Bottom 5 Butera hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Escobar hits a ball on the ground towards first. Rizzo scoops it up and throws to first, with Hamels covering, for the out.
Top 5 Heyward hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dozier fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Zobrist hits a ball on the ground towards first. Butera fields it and throws to home to get Russell. Almora moves to third. Rizzo moves to second.
Top 5 Rizzo takes first base on ball four. Russell moves to third. Almora moves to second.
Top 5 Almora hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Russell moves to second.
Top 5 Russell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Happ strikes out.
Bottom 4 Mondesi hits a fly ball into right field. Heyward settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bonifacio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Baez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 hits a fly ball into right field. Heyward settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Dozier hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Contreras strikes out.
Top 4 Schwarber strikes out.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Zobrist scores. Heyward moves to second.
Top 4 Baez strikes out.
Top 4 Heyward takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Zobrist hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of who is chasing the ball. Zobrist reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 3 Perez hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Contreras settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zobrist scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Merrifield hits a fly ball into right field. Heyward settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rizzo hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Almora hits a ball on the ground towards short. Escobar scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Russell strikes out.
Bottom 2 Butera hits a fly ball into right field. Heyward settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Escobar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Mondesi hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Zobrist settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bonifacio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Baez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Happ strikes out.
Top 2 Contreras hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. throws the ball in to Escobar who tags Contreras trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 2 Schwarber hits a ball on the ground towards short. Escobar scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Dozier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Perez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gordon moves to second.
Bottom 1 Gordon takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Merrifield hits a line drive into center field. Almora settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Baez strikes out.
Top 1 Heyward hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Zobrist strikes out.
Top 1 Rizzo hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.