ROYALS vs CUBS (Apr 28, 2026)

 
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2026 South Lexington Cal Ripken Baseball
ROYALS 10, CUBS 6
Apr 28, 2026 at Lexington,Ky (Shillito Peel)

ROYALS  ab  rbi 
CHRISTIAN BUTLER ss/p 
GRAYSON BLACKERBY 2b/ss 
KERRIGAN CHARLES 1b 
WALKER CRIST c 
TATE DENTON 3b/cf 
CHARLIE GOTCHER p/3b 
BRODY HARNEY rf 
SCHEYER SMITH cf/2b 
CARTER GRIFFIN lf 
   GAVIN SPICER lf 
   COOPER BERRY lf 
   JOEL WADE lf 
Totals   29  10 

CUBS  ab  rbi 
JASON HAMMOND 3b 
GRIFFIN HILL cf 
BX BYARS ss 
AUSTIN TURNER p/c 
DANIEL ERWIN c/dh 
MATTHEW HATCHER 1b/p 
BD BYARS 2b/p 
LOGAN HATCHER lf 
WHITMAN BLYTH rf 
   HUDSON BRASSFIELD rf 
PETER DALIBOR 1b/dh 
Totals   23 

Score by Innings                R  H  E
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ROYALS.............. 130 222 - 10  9  1
CUBS................ 020 202 -  6  6  2
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E - CRIST; HAMMOND; M. HATCHER. DP - ROYALS 1. LOB - ROYALS 8; CUBS 3. 2B - SMITH; TURNER. HR - M. HATCHER. SB - BUTLER 4; BLACKERBY 2; CHARLES 2; CRIST 2; GOTCHER 3; HILL 2; TURNER; ERWIN; M. HATCHER; BD BYARS.

ROYALS   ip  er  bb  so  wp  bk  hbp  ibb  ab  bf  fo  go 
CHARLIE GOTCHER W  3.1  12  15 
CHRISTIAN BUTLER S  2.2  11  12 
 
CUBS   ip  er  bb  so  wp  bk  hbp  ibb  ab  bf  fo  go 
AUSTIN TURNER L  4.0  18  22 
MATTHEW HATCHER   1.0 
BD BYARS   1.0 

WP - BUTLER; GOTCHER 2; TURNER 6; M. HATCHER 2. BK - TURNER.

Strikeouts - DENTON; GRIFFIN; SPICER; HILL 2; BX BYARS; DALIBOR. Walks - BUTLER; BLACKERBY; CRIST 2; GOTCHER 2; BERRY; HILL; ERWIN; M. HATCHER; BLYTH.

Umpires -
Start: 5:30 Time: 2:05 Attendance:
Game notes: Cubs: Turner 72 M.Hatcher 35 BD.Byars 16 Royals: Gotcher 64 Butler 34
M. HATCHER faced 2 batters in the 6th.

 
Box Score
 

2026 South Lexington Cal Ripken Baseball
ROYALS 10, CUBS 6
Apr 28, 2026 at Lexington,Ky (Shillito Peel)

ROYALS   ab    r    h  rbi   bb   so   po    a  lob 
CHRISTIAN BUTLER ss/p 
GRAYSON BLACKERBY 2b/ss 
KERRIGAN CHARLES 1b  10 
WALKER CRIST c 
TATE DENTON 3b/cf 
CHARLIE GOTCHER p/3b 
BRODY HARNEY rf 
SCHEYER SMITH cf/2b 
CARTER GRIFFIN lf 
   GAVIN SPICER lf 
   COOPER BERRY lf 
   JOEL WADE lf 
Totals  29  10  18  11 
  
CUBS   ab    r    h  rbi   bb   so   po    a  lob 
JASON HAMMOND 3b 
GRIFFIN HILL cf 
BX BYARS ss 
AUSTIN TURNER p/c 
DANIEL ERWIN c/dh 
MATTHEW HATCHER 1b/p 
BD BYARS 2b/p 
LOGAN HATCHER lf 
WHITMAN BLYTH rf 
   HUDSON BRASSFIELD rf 
PETER DALIBOR 1b/dh 
Totals  23  18 

Score by Innings                R  H  E
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ROYALS.............. 130 222 - 10  9  1
CUBS................ 020 202 -  6  6  2
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E - CRIST; HAMMOND; M. HATCHER. DP - ROYALS 1. LOB - ROYALS 8; CUBS 3. 2B - SMITH; TURNER. HR - M. HATCHER. SB - BUTLER 4; BLACKERBY 2; CHARLES 2; CRIST 2; GOTCHER 3; HILL 2; TURNER; ERWIN; M. HATCHER; BD BYARS.

ROYALS   ip  er  bb  so  wp  bk  hbp  ibb  ab  bf  fo  go 
CHARLIE GOTCHER W  3.1  12  15 
CHRISTIAN BUTLER S  2.2  11  12 
  
CUBS   ip  er  bb  so  wp  bk  hbp  ibb  ab  bf  fo  go 
AUSTIN TURNER L  4.0  18  22 
MATTHEW HATCHER   1.0 
BD BYARS   1.0 

Win - GOTCHER. Loss - TURNER. Save - BUTLER . WP - BUTLER; GOTCHER 2; TURNER 6; M. HATCHER 2. BK - TURNER.

Umpires -
Start: 5:30 Time: 2:05 Attendance:
Game notes: Cubs: Turner 72 M.Hatcher 35 BD.Byars 16 Royals: Gotcher 64 Butler 34
M. HATCHER faced 2 batters in the 6th.

 
Play-by-Play
 

2026 South Lexington Cal Ripken Baseball
ROYALS 10, CUBS 6
Apr 28, 2026 at Lexington,Ky (Shillito Peel)

ROYALS starters: 24/ss BUTLER; 10/2b BLACKERBY; 48/1b CHARLES; 17/c CRIST; 22/3b DENTON; 1/p GOTCHER; 13/rf HARNEY; 2/cf SMITH; 35/lf GRIFFIN;

CUBS starters: 44/3b HAMMOND; 23/cf HILL; 9/ss BX BYARS; 25/p TURNER; 14/c ERWIN; 24/1b M. HATCHER; 12/2b BD BYARS; 10/lf L. HATCHER; 6/rf BLYTH; 19/1b DALIBOR;

ROYALS 1st - BUTLER grounded out to ss. BLACKERBY fouled out to 3b. CHARLES singled. CHARLES stole second. CHARLES advanced to third on a wild pitch. CHARLES scored on a wild pitch. CRIST walked. CRIST stole second. CRIST advanced to third on a wild pitch. DENTON fouled out to c. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

CUBS 1st - HAMMOND grounded out to p. HILL struck out looking. BX BYARS lined out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

ROYALS 2nd - GOTCHER reached on an error by 1b. GOTCHER stole second. GOTCHER stole third. HARNEY singled, RBI; GOTCHER scored, unearned. HARNEY advanced to second on a balk. SMITH grounded out to 2b; HARNEY advanced to third. GRIFFIN struck out looking. BUTLER reached on an error by 3b; HARNEY scored, unearned. BUTLER stole second. BLACKERBY singled, RBI; BUTLER scored, unearned. CHARLES grounded out to 3b. 3 runs, 2 hits, 2 errors, 1 LOB.

CUBS 2nd - TURNER grounded out to ss. ERWIN walked. ERWIN stole second. M. HATCHER walked. M. HATCHER advanced to second on a wild pitch; ERWIN advanced to third on a wild pitch. BD BYARS singled, RBI; M. HATCHER advanced to third; ERWIN scored. BD BYARS stole second; M. HATCHER stole home. L. HATCHER lined into double play 1b to ss; BD BYARS out on the play. 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

ROYALS 3rd - BRASSFIELD to rf for BLYTH. DALIBOR. CRIST grounded out to ss. DENTON singled. DENTON advanced to second on a wild pitch. GOTCHER walked; DENTON advanced to third on a wild pitch. GOTCHER stole second. HARNEY popped up to 3b. SMITH flied out to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

CUBS 3rd - SPICER to lf for GRIFFIN. BLYTH to rf for BRASSFIELD. BLYTH grounded out to p. DALIBOR grounded out to p. HAMMOND grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

ROYALS 4th - SPICER struck out looking. BUTLER walked. BUTLER stole second. BUTLER stole third. BUTLER scored on a wild pitch. BLACKERBY walked. BLACKERBY stole second. BLACKERBY stole third. CHARLES grounded out to ss, RBI; BLACKERBY scored. CRIST grounded out to ss. 2 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

CUBS 4th - BERRY to lf for SPICER. HILL walked. HILL stole second. HILL stole third, scored on a throwing error by c, unearned. BX BYARS struck out swinging. TURNER singled. TURNER advanced to second on a wild pitch. TURNER stole third. ERWIN singled, RBI; TURNER scored. BUTLER to p. BLACKERBY to ss. DENTON to cf. GOTCHER to 3b. SMITH to 2b. M. HATCHER singled; ERWIN advanced to second. BD BYARS popped up to ss. L. HATCHER reached on a fielder's choice; M. HATCHER out at second ss to 2b. 2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.

ROYALS 5th - TURNER to c. ERWIN. M. HATCHER to p. DALIBOR to 1b. DENTON flied out to cf. GOTCHER walked. GOTCHER advanced to second on a wild pitch. HARNEY grounded out to ss; GOTCHER advanced to third. SMITH singled, RBI; GOTCHER scored. BERRY walked; SMITH advanced to second. BUTLER singled, RBI; BERRY advanced to third; SMITH scored. BUTLER stole second. BLACKERBY grounded out to 2b. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

CUBS 5th - BLYTH walked. DALIBOR struck out swinging. HAMMOND grounded out to p; BLYTH advanced to second. HILL struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

ROYALS 6th - CHARLES singled. CHARLES advanced to second on a wild pitch. CRIST walked. ERWIN to 2b. M. HATCHER to 1b. BD BYARS to p. DALIBOR. CRIST stole second; CHARLES stole third. DENTON struck out swinging. GOTCHER grounded out to ss, RBI; CHARLES scored. HARNEY singled; CRIST advanced to third. SMITH doubled, RBI; HARNEY advanced to third; CRIST scored. WADE to lf for BERRY. WADE flied out to cf. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

CUBS 6th - BX BYARS grounded out to ss. TURNER doubled. TURNER advanced to third on a wild pitch. ERWIN out at first rf to 1b, RBI; TURNER scored. M. HATCHER homered, RBI. BD BYARS grounded out to ss. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

 
Line score
 


ROYALS 10, CUBS 6 (Apr 28, 2026 at Lexington,Ky)
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ROYALS.............. 130 222  - 10  9  1
CUBS................ 020 202  -  6  6  2
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Pitchers: ROYALS - CHARLIE GOTCHER; CHRISTIAN BUTLER(4) and WALKER CRIST. CUBS - AUSTIN TURNER;
MATTHEW HATCHER(5); BD BYARS(6) and DANIEL ERWIN; AUSTIN TURNER.
Win-CHARLIE GOTCHER  Save-CHRISTIAN BUTLER  Loss-AUSTIN TURNER  T-2:05  A-0
HR CUBS - MATTHEW HATCHER.
Game notes:
Cubs: Turner 72 M.Hatcher 35  BD.Byars 16
Royals: Gotcher 64  Butler 34

M. HATCHER faced 2 batters in the 6th.