Chicago Cubs vs. Kansas City Royals, at Wrigley Field, August 22, 2021 Matchups, Preview

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Kansas City Royals

Team Summary
Team Page 2021 Kansas City Royals
Record 54-68
Manager Mike Matheny
Game # 123
On This Date 24-23
Standing 4th (17.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 5-5
Last 20 9-11
Last 30 17-13
Home 32-31
Away 22-37
Extra Innings 2-3
vs. RHP 34-50
vs. LHP 20-18
1-Run Games 18-16
vs. East 10-19
vs. Central 25-29
vs. West 8-12
Inter-League 11-8

KCR Last 10 Games

Carlos Hernandez (#43, 24, RHP, 3-1, 4.33)

Chicago Cubs

Team Summary
Team Page 2021 Chicago Cubs
Record 54-71
Manager David Ross
Game # 126
On This Date 60-69
Standing 4th (21.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 2-8
Last 20 4-16
Last 30 7-23
Home 31-30
Away 23-41
Extra Innings 4-6
vs. RHP 37-52
vs. LHP 17-19
1-Run Games 17-22
vs. East 12-19
vs. Central 24-32
vs. West 15-11
Inter-League 3-9

CHC Last 10 Games

Alec Mills (#30, 29, RHP, 5-5, 4.19)

Season Series

All times ET
DateWinnerLoser
Fri, Aug 20, 2021 KCR6@CHC2
Sat, Aug 21, 2021 KCR4@CHC2
DateAwayHomeTime
Sun, Aug 22, 2021KCR@CHC2:20pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

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KCR Batters vs CHC Pitchers
KCR Batters Stats
CHC Pitchers Stats

Royals Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.88 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Royals Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.88 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 30. Mills 48. Brothers* 12. Heuer 74. Megill 64. Meisinger 47. Morgan* 39. Rodriguez 59. Rucker 50. Wick
Entries are PA/OPSLinks G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB
49. Alberto G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ···
16. Benintendi* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ···
17. Dozier G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/ ··· ··· ··· ···
1. Dyson* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/ 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000
36. Gallagher G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
8. Lopez* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 4/1.333 ··· 1/ 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ···
15. Merrifield G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.000 ··· 5/.450 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ···
66. O'Hearn* G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/1.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000
13. Perez G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000
26. Rivera G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
41. Santana# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/2.000 3/.333 ··· 2/3.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500
2. Taylor G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/2.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 15/.333 ··· 1/.000 ···

KCR Batters

KCR Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
49. Alberto G ·  S ·  vP 203 .266 .281 .391 .672 102 .654 101 .690 .566 39 .500 1 1 1 7
16. Benintendi* G ·  S ·  vP 374 .259 .308 .413 .721 263 .720 111 .724 .831 78 .706 8 8 12 3
17. Dozier G ·  S ·  vP 398 .207 .281 .370 .651 280 .663 118 .623 .589 92 .675 3 2 10 5
1. Dyson* G ·  S ·  vP 127 .220 .250 .314 .564 101 .574 26 .520 .462 33 .432 7 3 0 1
36. Gallagher G ·  S ·  vP 96 .186 .245 .267 .512 67 .563 29 .395 .541 35 .641 0 0 1 3
8. Lopez* G ·  S ·  vP 385 .279 .347 .356 .703 294 .719 91 .649 .630 90 .680 17 0 1 5
15. Merrifield G ·  S ·  vP 535 .276 .320 .386 .705 387 .668 148 .803 .646 113 .634 37 2 8 6
66. O'Hearn* G ·  S ·  vP 196 .230 .265 .404 .670 172 .723 24 .297 .707 55 .666 0 0 9 1
13. Perez G ·  S ·  vP 492 .275 .309 .523 .832 354 .745 138 1.055 .715 98 .924 1 0 32 2
26. Rivera G ·  S ·  vP 56 .245 .286 .321 .606 36 .601 20 .616 .575 51 .587 0 0 1 3
41. Santana# G ·  S ·  vP 515 .222 .332 .368 .700 366 .702 149 .697 .715 107 .419 2 0 17 5
2. Taylor G ·  S ·  vP 404 .239 .298 .356 .654 287 .637 117 .695 .627 89 .634 11 4 10 3
TOTAL .243 .302 .388 .690 .675 .727 .646 .660 91 22 124 66

CHC Pitchers

CHC Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
30. Mills G ·  S ·  vP ······X····X·· 77.1 4.19 6.6 337 .281 .765 187 .698 150 .851 .695 85 .798 8 3 1
48. Brothers* G ·  S ·  vP ·o······X·oo·· 45.2 4.93 13.4 193 .199 .691 110 .778 83 .566 .639 36 .730 8 3 0
27. Davies G ·  S ·  vP ·X·····X·····X 126.2 5.04 6.8 562 .264 .814 327 .826 235 .794 .826 110 1.059 20 5 1
28. Hendricks G ·  S ·  vP ····X····X···· 144.2 4.04 6.7 622 .277 .797 346 .733 276 .881 .872 126 .904 25 7 1
12. Heuer G ·  S ·  vP o···X··XX·X··· 49.2 4.35 8.2 209 .277 .761 129 .571 80 1.055 .833 46 .549 6 2 1
74. Megill G ·  S ·  vP o··o··oX···X·· 12.1 10.22 12.4 62 .357 1.098 42 1.123 20 1.038 1.264 34 .971 5 0 0
64. Meisinger G ·  S ·  vP ·X···Xo··X···· 4.2 13.50 7.7 24 .381 1.149 12 1.000 12 1.323 1.303 24 1.149 2 1 0
47. Morgan* G ·  S ·  vP X··Xo·o·X··o·· 17.0 2.65 11.6 72 .219 .727 30 1.274 42 .348 .938 41 .560 3 1 0
39. Rodriguez G ·  S ·  vP o··X····oX·o·X 9.0 3.00 11.0 39 .200 .682 18 .347 21 .965 .881 39 .682 2 1 0
59. Rucker G ·  S ·  vP o····X····X··X 12.2 9.24 14.2 61 .296 .877 31 1.092 30 .679 .620 61 .877 2 3 0
56. Sampson G ·  S ·  vP ···X·········· 4.0 2.25 4.5 17 .313 .915 9 .347 8 1.500 17 .915 1 0 0
35. Steele* G ·  S ·  vP ·····X·····X·· 22.1 3.22 10.9 97 .202 .726 62 .764 35 .639 .562 41 .909 5 1 0
71. Thompson G ·  S ·  vP X············· 44.2 2.42 8.9 193 .213 .694 101 .619 92 .774 .624 25 .756 7 2 0
50. Wick G ·  S ·  vP ···oX···o··o·· 3.2 .00 7.4 15 .154 .421 7 .286 8 .542 .000 15 .421 0 0 0
TOTAL 4.58 8.9 .250 .768 .757 .907 180 64 14
CHC Batters vs KCR Pitchers
CHC Batters Stats
KCR Pitchers Stats

Cubs Batters (4.13 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.93 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Cubs Batters (4.13 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.93 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 43. Hernandez 58. Barlow 59. Brentz* 71. Davis 55. Lovelady* 38. Payamps 54. Santana 63. Staumont 31. Tapia
Entries are PA/OPSLinks G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB
51. Alcantara# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
13. Bote G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000
29. Chirinos G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ···
5. Duffy G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
8. Happ# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ···
32. Hermosillo G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ···
22. Heyward* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 8/.625 ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000
66. Ortega* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
24. Romine# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 16/.599 ··· ···
25. Romine G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.667 2/1.000 ···
18. Schwindel G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
16. Wisdom G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···

CHC Batters

CHC Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
51. Alcantara# G ·  S ·  vP 145 .192 .285 .344 .629 104 .700 41 .448 .748 50 .646 1 0 3 6
13. Bote G ·  S ·  vP 257 .199 .270 .329 .599 184 .560 73 .692 .709 95 .563 0 1 7 3
29. Chirinos G ·  S ·  vP 68 .263 .382 .544 .926 43 .951 25 .874 .843 48 .699 0 0 4 1
5. Duffy G ·  S ·  vP 189 .262 .339 .310 .648 128 .677 61 .587 .551 78 .565 4 1 1 2
8. Happ# G ·  S ·  vP 383 .187 .291 .346 .638 298 .662 85 .550 .616 92 .743 1 1 14 1
32. Hermosillo G ·  S ·  vP 10 .111 .200 .444 .644 6 1.133 4 .000 .000 10 .644 0 0 1 0
22. Heyward* G ·  S ·  vP 301 .196 .266 .316 .582 232 .588 69 .561 .612 46 .374 5 0 6 0
66. Ortega* G ·  S ·  vP 189 .314 .372 .483 .855 159 .960 30 .277 .730 93 .979 7 5 6 1
24. Romine# G ·  S ·  vP 44 .214 .250 .310 .560 30 .693 14 .286 .429 44 .560 0 1 1 0
25. Romine G ·  S ·  vP 22 .182 .182 .227 .409 16 .125 6 1.167 .500 13 .462 0 0 0 1
18. Schwindel G ·  S ·  vP 91 .306 .352 .588 .940 55 .791 36 1.191 .947 71 1.070 0 0 5 0
16. Wisdom G ·  S ·  vP 250 .253 .313 .546 .859 163 .862 87 .853 .933 95 .813 3 1 20 6
TOTAL .229 .305 .394 .699 .686 .734 .726 .702 59 31 155 68

KCR Pitchers

KCR Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
43. Hernandez G ·  S ·  vP ·····X······X· 52.0 4.33 9.0 220 .237 .727 124 .810 96 .617 .720 88 .670 6 0 0
58. Barlow G ·  S ·  vP oo·X·oX····ooX 60.0 2.55 11.1 248 .225 .623 141 .575 107 .686 .596 49 .655 3 4 0
59. Brentz* G ·  S ·  vP ·o··XXo···o·oX 54.1 3.15 10.6 234 .175 .608 152 .654 82 .513 .684 47 .515 5 1 1
50. Bubic* G ·  S ·  vP X·····X······X 93.0 4.94 7.9 403 .256 .840 340 .830 63 .896 .902 105 .837 20 1 1
71. Davis G ·  S ·  vP ··X···o·X··ooo 35.2 6.81 7.6 158 .269 .807 94 .814 64 .793 .870 35 .458 7 4 0
56. Keller G ·  S ·  vP ·X·····X······ 129.1 5.43 8.1 592 .297 .827 293 .841 299 .813 .862 117 .746 17 5 4
55. Lovelady* G ·  S ·  vP ·oo····X··X·XX 18.0 4.00 9.5 73 .212 .638 45 .657 28 .606 .411 40 .574 3 0 1
52. Lynch* G ·  S ·  vP ····X······X·· 38.2 5.12 7.2 169 .282 .801 152 .832 17 .481 .821 123 .635 4 1 0
23. Minor* G ·  S ·  vP ··X·····X····· 141.2 5.34 8.8 599 .255 .763 508 .769 91 .724 .779 123 .778 23 3 3
38. Payamps G ·  S ·  vP ··X··········· 31.0 2.61 6.4 124 .198 .598 85 .712 39 .348 .515 5 .900 3 0 0
54. Santana G ·  S ·  vP ··o···X·X·o·o· 50.0 4.86 6.7 206 .249 .777 118 .676 88 .918 .745 39 .671 9 2 0
51. Singer G ·  S ·  vP ···X······X··· 98.0 5.23 9.2 453 .288 .775 203 .726 250 .816 .822 48 .856 8 9 3
63. Staumont G ·  S ·  vP o·ooo··o···oo· 49.1 3.28 10.2 204 .203 .635 118 .600 86 .682 .600 42 .508 6 2 0
31. Tapia G ·  S ·  vP o·oo··X·o·XX·o 14.2 2.45 8.6 59 .192 .557 38 .649 21 .396 .744 44 .487 1 1 1
TOTAL 4.83 8.8 .255 .759 .777 .692 149 35 17

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