Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
Chi. Cubs 11,
Kansas City 1
When: 8:05 PM ET, Saturday, March 1, 2025
Where: Surprise Stadium, Surprise, Arizona
Temperature: 71°
Umpires: Home - Tony Randazzo, 1B - Ryan Blakney, 2B - David Arrieta, 3B - Sean Sparling
Attendance: 8975
Where: Surprise Stadium, Surprise, Arizona
Temperature: 71°
Umpires: Home - Tony Randazzo, 1B - Ryan Blakney, 2B - David Arrieta, 3B - Sean Sparling
Attendance: 8975
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Chi. Cubs | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 1 |
| Kansas City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Chi. Cubs
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| James Triantos | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 |
| Hayden Cantrelle | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Michael Busch | 1B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .500 |
| Reginald Preciado | PR-1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | CF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Joan Delgado | PR-CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Benjamin Cowles | DH | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .400 |
| Nicky Lopez | SS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .467 |
| Angel Cepeda | PR-SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Moises Ballesteros | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .308 |
| Pablo Aliendo | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .111 |
| Travis Jankowski | LF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .300 |
| Jose Escobar | LF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Gage Workman | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .316 |
| Yahil Melendez | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Parker Chavers | RF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .364 |
| Andy Garriola | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 38 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 17 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Michael Busch (2), Pete Crow-Armstrong (3), Benjamin Cowles 2 (4), Nicky Lopez (1) | |||||||||
| 3B - Michael Busch (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Pete Crow-Armstrong (1), Moises Ballesteros (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Michael Busch 6, Pete Crow-Armstrong 6, Benjamin Cowles 4, Nicky Lopez 3, Angel Cepeda, Moises Ballesteros 4, Jose Escobar, Gage Workman | |||||||||
| RBI - James Triantos (4), Michael Busch (9), Pete Crow-Armstrong 4 (4), Moises Ballesteros 2 (2), Jose Escobar (1), Gage Workman (7) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - James Triantos (2), Michael Busch (3), Pete Crow-Armstrong (1), Moises Ballesteros 2 (2), Gage Workman (5) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Michael Busch 2 (2), Benjamin Cowles 2 (4), Yahil Melendez (1) | |||||||||
| SF - Pete Crow-Armstrong (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Gage Workman (2, 2nd by Ragans/Perez) | |||||||||
| SB - Angel Cepeda (1, 3rd off Avila/Jensen), Gage Workman (1, 2nd off Sisk/Perez) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Yahil Melendez (1) | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Andy Garriola (Emshoff at 2nd) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Ben Brown (W 1-0) | 2.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6.23 |
| Eli Morgan | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.45 |
| Porter Hodge | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Trevor Richards | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Brandon Hughes | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Chris Flexen | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| WP - Ben Brown | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Ben Brown 51-28, Eli Morgan 18-11, Porter Hodge 18-10, Trevor Richards 17-11, Brandon Hughes 16-7, Chris Flexen 30-17 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Ben Brown 1-4, Eli Morgan 2-1, Porter Hodge 0-1, Trevor Richards 0-2, Brandon Hughes 2-0, Chris Flexen 4-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Ben Brown 12, Eli Morgan 4, Porter Hodge 4, Trevor Richards 3, Brandon Hughes 4, Chris Flexen 9 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Eli Morgan 2-0 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jonathan India | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| Kale Emshoff | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | SS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .286 |
| Jordan Groshans | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 |
| Nelson Velazquez | LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Nick Pratto | RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .100 |
| Kyle Isbel | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .167 |
| Peyton Wilson | CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Freddy Fermin | DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .143 |
| Omar Hernandez | PR-DH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Nick Loftin | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 |
| Carter Jensen | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .111 |
| John Rave | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .375 |
| Cam Devanney | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| Drew Waters | LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .167 |
| Tyler Tolbert | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .167 |
| Totals | 31 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Bobby Witt Jr. (1), Nick Loftin (3) | |||||||||
| 3B - Omar Hernandez (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Kale Emshoff, Bobby Witt Jr. 3, Vinnie Pasquantino, Omar Hernandez 3, Nick Loftin 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Vinnie Pasquantino (3) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Drew Waters (4), Tyler Tolbert 2 (2) | |||||||||
| SF - Vinnie Pasquantino (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Salvador Perez (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Kyle Isbel (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Cole Ragans (L 0-1) | 2.1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 14.54 |
| Evan Sisk | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13.50 |
| Chris Stratton | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Lucas Erceg | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13.50 |
| Luinder Avila | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Steven Zobac | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.25 |
| HBP - James Triantos (by Sisk) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Cole Ragans 48-31, Evan Sisk 26-12, Chris Stratton 18-12, Lucas Erceg 26-13, Luinder Avila 30-20, Steven Zobac 29-21 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Cole Ragans 1-1, Evan Sisk 1-0, Chris Stratton 1-0, Lucas Erceg 1-0, Luinder Avila 1-1, Steven Zobac 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Cole Ragans 14, Evan Sisk 6, Chris Stratton 4, Lucas Erceg 7, Luinder Avila 8, Steven Zobac 8 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Evan Sisk 1-1 | ||||||||