Chicago Cubs vs. Kansas City Royals, at Wrigley Field, August 20, 2023 Matchups, Preview

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Kansas City Royals

Team Summary
Team Page 2023 Kansas City Royals
Record 40-85
Manager Matt Quatraro
Game # 125
On This Date 21-26
Standing 5th (24.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 3-7
Last 20 10-10
Last 30 13-17
Home 23-40
Away 17-45
Extra Innings 3-4
vs. RHP 30-62
vs. LHP 10-23
1-Run Games 16-16
vs. East 6-18
vs. Central 13-27
vs. West 5-14
Inter-League 16-26

KCR Last 10 Games

Jordan Lyles (#24, 32, RHP, 3-13, 6.30)

Chicago Cubs

Team Summary
Team Page 2023 Chicago Cubs
Record 63-59
Manager David Ross
Game # 122
On This Date 70-68
Standing 2nd (3.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 5-5
Last 20 12-8
Last 30 20-10
Home 34-30
Away 29-29
Extra Innings 2-2
vs. RHP 43-40
vs. LHP 20-19
1-Run Games 14-15
vs. East 11-17
vs. Central 21-14
vs. West 9-8
Inter-League 22-20

CHC Last 10 Games

Kyle Hendricks (#28, 33, RHP, 4-6, 4.00)

Season Series

All times ET
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Fri, Aug 18, 2023 KCR4@CHC3
Sat, Aug 19, 2023@CHC6 KCR4

Last 10 games head-to-head

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KCR Batters vs CHC Pitchers
KCR Batters Stats
CHC Pitchers Stats

Royals Batters (4.02 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.50 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Royals Batters (4.02 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 28. Hendricks 73. Alzolay 74. Cuas 32. Fulmer 38. Leiter 66. Merryweather 48. Palencia 59. Rucker 19. Wesneski
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
27. Beaty* G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/4.000 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
44. Blanco G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/ ··· ··· ···
15. Duffy G  ·   S  ·   vP 9/.222 ··· 2/1.000 5/.400 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ···
34. Fermin G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
11. Garcia G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 1/ ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
28. Isbel* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ···
19. Massey* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ···
1. Melendez* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ···
13. Perez G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/.600 ··· 1/.000 29/.953 ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
Taylor G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ···
17. Velázquez G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
6. Waters# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/ ··· ··· ···
7. Witt G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ···

KCR Batters

KCR Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
27. Beaty* G ·  S ·  vP 40 .278 .350 .361 .711 37 .772 3 .000 .655 29 .691 0 0 0 0
44. Blanco G ·  S ·  vP 91 .253 .311 .422 .733 60 .694 31 .805 .622 33 .723 15 4 0 0
15. Duffy G ·  S ·  vP 175 .263 .320 .325 .645 84 .540 91 .745 .494 47 .554 0 0 1 9
34. Fermin G ·  S ·  vP 191 .298 .332 .511 .843 139 .852 52 .818 .997 70 .935 0 0 9 7
11. Garcia G ·  S ·  vP 370 .284 .328 .379 .707 283 .670 87 .821 .638 101 .714 18 4 4 6
28. Isbel* G ·  S ·  vP 235 .238 .265 .381 .646 192 .609 43 .817 .653 75 .776 6 1 4 0
19. Massey* G ·  S ·  vP 344 .225 .274 .364 .638 276 .633 68 .657 .627 97 .758 5 1 10 1
1. Melendez* G ·  S ·  vP 479 .234 .305 .390 .695 357 .723 122 .615 .735 98 .911 6 3 12 8
13. Perez G ·  S ·  vP 458 .256 .299 .435 .734 335 .791 123 .575 .688 97 .817 0 0 19 1
Taylor G ·  S ·  vP 61 .173 .267 .231 .497 33 .380 28 .644 .371 20 .618 7 0 0 1
17. Velázquez G ·  S ·  vP 58 .273 .310 .691 1.001 36 1.242 22 .610 .333 26 1.077 0 0 7 0
6. Waters# G ·  S ·  vP 232 .233 .297 .395 .693 169 .728 63 .603 .511 75 .758 8 4 7 2
7. Witt G ·  S ·  vP 534 .281 .321 .502 .823 414 .812 120 .860 .746 109 1.176 36 9 24 9
TOTAL .244 .301 .395 .696 .697 .693 .662 .814 120 32 121 60

CHC Pitchers

CHC Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
28. Hendricks G ·  S ·  vP ·····X·····X·· 92.1 4.00 5.9 383 .250 .683 186 .731 197 .636 .816 122 .746 11 15 1
73. Alzolay G ·  S ·  vP ·X···X··oX··o· 54.2 2.47 9.7 211 .223 .597 129 .546 82 .673 .549 43 .566 4 2 2
72. Assad G ·  S ·  vP ····X····X···· 66.2 3.10 6.6 271 .229 .687 152 .656 119 .726 .769 93 .533 7 4 0
74. Cuas G ·  S ·  vP ··X·X···o··X·· 48.1 3.91 10.6 222 .270 .797 130 .829 92 .748 .835 47 .847 6 3 1
32. Fulmer G ·  S ·  vP ·oo·o···oo···· 55.0 4.09 10.0 224 .226 .702 140 .588 84 .893 .703 41 .566 7 1 2
38. Leiter G ·  S ·  vP ·o··oo··o··o·· 52.2 2.73 11.8 213 .172 .575 68 .789 145 .480 .616 45 .479 5 6 0
66. Merryweather G ·  S ·  vP ·X···X··X··oo· 54.1 3.64 12.3 237 .243 .673 138 .647 99 .708 .821 47 .625 6 5 1
48. Palencia G ·  S ·  vP ·······X·····X 12.0 5.25 8.2 50 .214 .792 24 .762 26 .822 .950 25 .720 2 0 0
59. Rucker G ·  S ·  vP ·············· 39.1 5.03 8.9 171 .262 .788 92 .809 79 .764 .833 6 .167 6 0 1
11. Smyly* G ·  S ·  vP ··o·o··X·····X 120.2 4.92 8.4 525 .265 .809 405 .765 120 .957 .811 73 .896 23 12 4
35. Steele* G ·  S ·  vP ·X······X····· 132.0 2.80 8.7 547 .249 .665 440 .648 107 .733 .661 124 .788 10 5 4
50. Taillon G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X····X· 110.0 5.56 7.7 474 .274 .786 226 .675 248 .891 .892 139 .718 18 11 2
19. Wesneski G ·  S ·  vP ·······X···o·· 69.2 4.65 7.5 295 .243 .775 165 .572 130 1.032 .679 41 .765 17 1 2
TOTAL 4.18 8.4 .245 .715 .726 .725 136 87 21
CHC Batters vs KCR Pitchers
CHC Batters Stats
KCR Pitchers Stats

Cubs Batters (5.02 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.34 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Cubs Batters (5.02 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.34 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 24. Lyles 45. Clarke 65. Coleman 53. Cox* 54. Hearn* 43. Hernández 37. Kowar 67. Marsh 58. McMillon
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
6. Amaya G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
24. Bellinger* G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/.200 11/.973 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000
9. Candelario# G  ·   S  ·   vP 13/.508 2/.500 4/.833 1/ 3/.000 6/1.500 2/.000 ··· ···
15. Gomes G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.000 6/.000 ··· ··· 3/3.334 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ···
8. Happ# G  ·   S  ·   vP 4/1.583 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 4/1.750 ··· ··· ···
2. Hoerner G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/1.000 ··· 1/ ··· 3/1.334 1/2.000 ··· ··· ···
1. Madrigal G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ···
20. Mastrobuoni* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
5. Morel G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000
27. Suzuki G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ···
7. Swanson G  ·   S  ·   vP 7/1.571 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000
40. Tauchman* G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/.500 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ···
16. Wisdom G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ···

CHC Batters

CHC Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
6. Amaya G ·  S ·  vP 115 .245 .368 .383 .751 58 .786 57 .718 .810 26 .593 0 0 3 1
24. Bellinger* G ·  S ·  vP 384 .326 .375 .564 .939 253 .927 131 .962 .968 101 1.019 17 3 20 1
9. Candelario# G ·  S ·  vP 479 .274 .358 .493 .851 339 .897 140 .736 .861 93 1.015 8 1 17 8
15. Gomes G ·  S ·  vP 304 .270 .313 .432 .744 192 .681 112 .850 .739 75 .812 1 0 9 5
8. Happ# G ·  S ·  vP 517 .240 .362 .401 .763 376 .796 141 .676 .749 102 .768 10 2 14 1
2. Hoerner G ·  S ·  vP 520 .283 .344 .404 .748 379 .754 141 .732 .793 105 .899 32 5 9 7
1. Madrigal G ·  S ·  vP 214 .269 .329 .363 .691 143 .692 71 .688 .744 47 .661 8 2 2 4
20. Mastrobuoni* G ·  S ·  vP 113 .212 .297 .273 .570 102 .554 11 .733 .571 15 .481 10 0 1 2
5. Morel G ·  S ·  vP 322 .253 .321 .502 .823 247 .858 75 .708 .785 90 .725 4 2 19 3
27. Suzuki G ·  S ·  vP 416 .256 .329 .409 .738 292 .744 124 .724 .656 76 .703 5 6 11 2
7. Swanson G ·  S ·  vP 468 .251 .335 .437 .773 348 .767 120 .788 .817 96 .821 4 1 18 5
40. Tauchman* G ·  S ·  vP 274 .272 .370 .418 .788 228 .798 46 .740 .868 80 .880 5 1 7 3
16. Wisdom G ·  S ·  vP 263 .199 .290 .498 .788 157 .855 106 .693 .786 24 .859 4 2 20 12
TOTAL .255 .332 .419 .752 .755 .744 .772 .819 105 24 149 64

KCR Pitchers

KCR Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
24. Lyles G ·  S ·  vP ·····X·····X·· 131.1 6.30 6.2 559 .262 .817 276 .803 283 .831 .863 125 .987 28 7 2
45. Clarke G ·  S ·  vP ··o··········· 46.2 5.79 9.6 210 .306 .866 101 .799 109 .929 .853 24 .798 8 0 3
65. Coleman G ·  S ·  vP ··X·Xo··oX··o· 18.1 7.85 10.3 94 .250 .808 58 .703 36 .986 .935 41 .600 2 4 0
53. Cox* G ·  S ·  vP ··o·o·X···X··· 31.1 3.73 7.5 127 .190 .593 79 .613 48 .560 .622 37 .651 1 3 1
41. Davidson* G ·  S ·  vP ·o··oX···o··o· 38.0 6.39 8.8 176 .325 .863 129 .897 47 .765 .762 28 .829 3 6 0
54. Hearn* G ·  S ·  vP ·o·o·X··X·X··· 11.2 11.57 9.3 58 .300 .917 37 1.109 21 .521 .918 24 1.117 3 3 0
43. Hernández G ·  S ·  vP ··Xo··X·Xo···X 59.1 4.40 10.9 243 .209 .639 119 .793 124 .491 .601 47 .875 7 2 1
37. Kowar G ·  S ·  vP ·o·X·········· 14.0 5.14 10.9 67 .276 .770 45 .810 22 .687 .888 8 .393 1 2 0
67. Marsh G ·  S ·  vP ····X·····X··· 38.0 5.68 9.7 178 .270 .935 84 .925 94 .944 .972 87 .911 10 9 1
58. McMillon G ·  S ·  vP ·o·o·········· 2.0 4.50 18.0 7 .143 .714 5 .000 2 2.500 .000 7 .714 1 0 0
55. Ragans* G ·  S ·  vP ··X·····X····X 53.0 4.08 10.2 227 .246 .693 163 .680 64 .725 .613 101 .685 5 3 2
51. Singer G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X·····X· 139.1 5.04 7.7 605 .270 .772 243 .791 362 .759 .882 126 .595 15 9 2
61. Zerpa* G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X··o· 13.1 6.08 6.1 61 .309 .850 42 .996 19 .541 1.171 61 .850 2 0 1
TOTAL 5.17 8.1 .264 .776 .772 .812 154 87 24

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