Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
Chi. Cubs 6,
Kansas City 2
When: 9:05 PM ET, Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Where: Surprise Stadium, Surprise, Arizona
Temperature: 59°
Umpires: Home - Jose Navas, 1B - Alan Porter, 2B - Nic Lentz, 3B - Brian Walsh
Attendance: 6356
Where: Surprise Stadium, Surprise, Arizona
Temperature: 59°
Umpires: Home - Jose Navas, 1B - Alan Porter, 2B - Nic Lentz, 3B - Brian Walsh
Attendance: 6356
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Chi. Cubs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Chi. Cubs
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Nico Hoerner | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .238 |
| Dansby Swanson | SS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .065 |
| Ian Happ | LF | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Mike Tauchman | LF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .226 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .242 |
| Nelson Maldonado | 1B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 |
| Patrick Wisdom | 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .357 |
| Nelson Velazquez | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .211 |
| Matt Mervis | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .179 |
| Tucker Barnhart | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .087 |
| Christopher Morel | CF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .225 |
| Totals | 26 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 13 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Nelson Velazquez (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Christopher Morel (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Nico Hoerner, Ian Happ, Eric Hosmer, Nelson Maldonado, Patrick Wisdom 2, Nelson Velazquez 2, Christopher Morel 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Eric Hosmer (5), Nelson Maldonado (2), Patrick Wisdom 2 (5), Matt Mervis (1), Christopher Morel (6) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Eric Hosmer (3) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Dansby Swanson (4), Nelson Velazquez 2 (3), Matt Mervis (6) | |||||||||
| SF - Matt Mervis (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Christopher Morel (1, 2nd by Lyles/Melendez) | |||||||||
| SB - Ian Happ (3, 2nd off Chapman/Melendez), Mike Tauchman (4, 2nd off Bubic/Porter) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jameson Taillon (W 2-0) | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5.40 |
| Mark Leiter Jr. (SV 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.80 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Jameson Taillon 40-38, Mark Leiter Jr. 9-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jameson Taillon 5-0, Mark Leiter Jr. 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jameson Taillon 19, Mark Leiter Jr. 3 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| MJ Melendez | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .368 |
| Logan Porter | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .381 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .333 |
| Jake Means | 1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Hunter Dozier | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .250 |
| Nick Loftin | 3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .160 |
| Michael Massey | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .294 |
| Morgan McCullough | 2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 |
| Nicky Lopez | SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 |
| Tyler Tolbert | SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Tyler Gentry | RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .192 |
| Jorge Bonifacio | RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 |
| Jackie Bradley Jr. | LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .350 |
| Tucker Bradley | LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Kyle Isbel | CF | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .471 |
| John Rave | CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .176 |
| Jakson Reetz | DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .222 |
| Totals | 22 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Kyle Isbel 2 (6) | |||||||||
| HR - MJ Melendez (2) | |||||||||
| TB - MJ Melendez 4, Nicky Lopez, Kyle Isbel 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - MJ Melendez 2 (8) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - MJ Melendez (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 2 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jordan Lyles (L 1-1) | 3.2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3.52 |
| Zach Willeman | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.43 |
| Aroldis Chapman | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.76 |
| Walter Pennington | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Kris Bubic | 1.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.70 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Jordan Lyles 38-21, Zach Willeman 1-1, Aroldis Chapman 12-8, Walter Pennington 1-1, Kris Bubic 21-13 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jordan Lyles 3-1, Zach Willeman 0-0, Aroldis Chapman 0-0, Walter Pennington 0-0, Kris Bubic 0-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jordan Lyles 17, Zach Willeman 1, Aroldis Chapman 5, Walter Pennington 1, Kris Bubic 10 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Zach Willeman 2-0, Walter Pennington 2-0 | ||||||||