Starting Lineups:
Kansas City Royals Chicago Cubs
1. Merrifield 2b Bryant 3b
2. Soler rf Rizzo 1b
3. O'Hearn 1b Baez ss
4. Perez c Schwarber dh
5. McBroom dh Contreras c
6. Mondesi ss Heyward rf
7. Gordon lf Souza lf
8. Franco 3b Kipnis 2b
9. Starling cf Happ cf
Singer p Hendricks p
ROYALS 1ST: Merrifield lined to right; Soler grounded out
(shortstop to first); O'Hearn flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Royals 0, Cubs 0.
CUBS 1ST: Bryant struck out; Rizzo singled to center; Baez
forced Rizzo (third to second) [Baez to first]; Schwarber struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Cubs 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Perez doubled to left; McBroom singled to center
[Perez to third]; Mondesi singled to left [Perez scored, McBroom
to second]; Gordon flied to left; Franco grounded out (first
unassisted) [McBroom to third, Mondesi to second]; Starling
popped to shortstop; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Cubs 0.
CUBS 2ND: Contreras singled to left; Heyward homered to right
[Contreras scored]; Souza was called out on strikes; Kipnis
walked; Happ walked [Kipnis to second]; Bryant grounded into a
double play (third to first) [Kipnis out at third]; 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Cubs 2.
ROYALS 3RD: Merrifield lined to right; Soler grounded out
(second to first); O'Hearn struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Cubs 2.
CUBS 3RD: Rizzo flied to left; Baez struck out; Schwarber struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Cubs 2.
ROYALS 4TH: Perez grounded out (second to first); McBroom
grounded out (third to first); Mondesi singled to third; Gordon
singled to center [Mondesi to second]; Franco forced Mondesi
(third unassisted) [Franco to first]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 1, Cubs 2.
CUBS 4TH: Contreras grounded out (second to first); Heyward
singled to right; Souza popped to first; Kipnis homered to
right-center [Heyward scored]; Happ was called out on strikes; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Cubs 4.
ROYALS 5TH: Starling singled to center; Merrifield singled to
right [Starling to third]; Soler out on a sacrifice fly to left
[Starling scored]; O'Hearn grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Merrifield out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Cubs 4.
CUBS 5TH: Bryant was called out on strikes; Rizzo grounded out
(third to first); Baez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals
2, Cubs 4.
ROYALS 6TH: Perez flied to right; McBroom struck out; Mondesi
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Cubs 4.
CUBS 6TH: BARLOW REPLACED SINGER (PITCHING); On a bunt Schwarber
singled to third; Contreras grounded into a double play (third
to second to first) [Schwarber out at second]; Heyward was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Cubs 4.
ROYALS 7TH: Gordon flied to left; Franco grounded out (third to
first); Starling grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Royals 2, Cubs 4.
CUBS 7TH: ZUBER REPLACED BARLOW (PITCHING); CARATINI BATTED FOR
SOUZA; Caratini doubled to right; ALMORA RAN FOR CARATINI;
Kipnis grounded out (second to first) [Almora to third]; Happ
walked; Bryant walked [Happ to second]; Rizzo forced Almora
(pitcher to catcher) [Happ to third, Bryant to second, Rizzo to
first]; Baez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3
LOB. Royals 2, Cubs 4.
ROYALS 8TH: ALMORA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); HAPP CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); JEFFRESS REPLACED HENDRICKS (PITCHING);
Merrifield lined to center; Soler struck out; O'Hearn flied to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Cubs 4.
CUBS 8TH: ROSENTHAL REPLACED ZUBER (PITCHING); Schwarber struck
out; Contreras homered to left-center; Heyward was called out on
strikes; MCCARTHY REPLACED ROSENTHAL (PITCHING); Almora singled
to left; Kipnis flied to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2,
Cubs 5.
ROYALS 9TH: KIMBREL REPLACED JEFFRESS (PITCHING); Perez singled
to left; CORDERO BATTED FOR MCBROOM; Cordero struck out; Mondesi
doubled to right [Perez to third]; RYAN REPLACED KIMBREL
(PITCHING); Gordon grounded out (second to first) [Perez scored,
Mondesi to third]; Franco singled to center [Mondesi scored];
HEATH RAN FOR FRANCO; Heath stole second [Heath to third (error
by Contreras)]; Starling grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3
H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Cubs 5.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Royals 4 10 0 5
Cubs 5 9 1 6
