Cubs 9, Royals 4

Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg

Hoerner 2b 5 0 0 1 0 1 .251

Busch 1b 4 1 0 1 1 1 .259

Suzuki rf 4 1 2 2 1 0 .271

Happ lf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .232

Morel 3b 4 1 1 0 0 2 .199

Neris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Tauchmn dh 4 2 2 0 0 0 .247

Swanson ss 3 2 1 0 1 0 .219

Amaya c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .216

Crow-Arm cf 2 1 1 0 0 0 .183

Merywthr p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

a-Wisdom ph 1 1 1 4 0 0 .211

Hodge p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

c-Bote ph-3b 1 0 1 1 0 0 .342

Totals 36 9 9 9 3 5

Kansas City AB R H BI BB SO Avg

Garcia 2b-3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .235

Witt ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .342

Psqntino dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .258

Perez 1b 4 1 1 0 0 2 .277

Fermin c 3 1 1 0 0 0 .295

Renfroe rf 4 1 3 3 0 0 .233

Hampson cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .255

Loftin 3b-lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .199

Blanco lf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .236

b-Massey ph 1 0 0 0 1 0 .259

Totals 34 4 9 4 1 4

CHC 201 000 402 — 9 9 0 KC 010 003 000 — 4 9 0

a-homered for Crow-Armstrong in the 7th. b-walked for Blanco in the 7th. c-singled for Hodge in the 9th.

LOB: Chicago 4, Kansas City 5; 2B: Hampson (11), Witt (29), Fermin (10); 3B: Crow-Armstrong (4); HR: Suzuki (15), off Lugo. Wisdom (5), off Long. Renfroe (10), off Imanaga; RBI: Suzuki 2 (49), Busch (38), Wisdom 4 (17), Bote (5), Hoerner (31), Renfroe 3 (38), Witt (71); CS: Blanco (5); S: Amaya.

Runners left in scoring position: Chicago 2 (Happ 2). Kansas City 1 (Loftin); RISP: Chicago 2 for 8. Kansas City 1 for 3.

Runners moved up: Busch 2.

Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA

Imanaga 5 2/3 6 3 3 0 3 87 2.95

Meryweather 1 2 1 1 1 0 22 2.84

Hodge 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 12 2.14

Neris 1 1 0 0 0 0 17 3.68

Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA

Lugo 6 1/3 5 6 6 2 2 90 2.66

Long 2/3 1 1 1 0 1 12 2.45

Bubic 1 2/3 3 2 2 1 2 35 2.35

Stratton 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 5 4.57

W: Merryweather 1-0; L: Lugo 12-5.

Inherited runners-scored: Merryweather 1-1, Hodge 1-0, Long 3-3, Stratton 3-0; IBB: off Bubic (Suzuki); HBP: Imanaga (Fermin); WP: Imanaga.

Umpires: Home, Adrian Johnson. First, Quinn Wolcott. Second, Ramon De Jesus. Third, Junior Valentine.

T: 2:39; A: 31,784 (38,427).