Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Texas 4,
Chi. Cubs 3
When: 7:35 PM ET, Thursday, March 28, 2024
Where: Globe Life Field, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Chad Fairchild, 1B - Carlos Torres, 2B - Nestor Ceja, 3B - Charlie Ramos
Attendance: 42130
Where: Globe Life Field, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Chad Fairchild, 1B - Carlos Torres, 2B - Nestor Ceja, 3B - Charlie Ramos
Attendance: 42130
Final Scoring Summary
Chi. Cubs
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Ian Happ | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Seiya Suzuki | RF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 |
| Cody Bellinger | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| Christopher Morel | DH | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .400 |
| Dansby Swanson | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Michael Busch | 1B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| Nico Hoerner | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Nick Madrigal | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| Miles Mastrobuoni | PH-3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Yan Gomes | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Garrett Cooper | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Miguel Amaya | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 33 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Seiya Suzuki (1), Cody Bellinger (1), Nick Madrigal (1) | |||||||||
| 3B - Christopher Morel (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Seiya Suzuki 2, Cody Bellinger 2, Christopher Morel 4, Michael Busch, Nick Madrigal 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Cody Bellinger (1), Dansby Swanson (1) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Cody Bellinger (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Christopher Morel 3 (3), Miles Mastrobuoni (1), Yan Gomes 2 (2) | |||||||||
| SF - Dansby Swanson (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Nico Hoerner (1), Nick Madrigal (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Nico Hoerner (1) | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Seiya Suzuki (Carter at 1st) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Justin Steele | 4.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1.93 |
| Julian Merryweather | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Yency Almonte (BS 1) | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27.00 |
| Mark Leiter Jr. | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Hector Neris | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Adbert Alzolay (BS 1) | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 |
| Drew Smyly (L 0-1) | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| IBB - Wyatt Langford (by Neris) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Justin Steele 67-48, Julian Merryweather 9-4, Yency Almonte 12-9, Mark Leiter Jr. 19-14, Hector Neris 14-8, Adbert Alzolay 20-11, Drew Smyly 20-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Justin Steele 4-4, Julian Merryweather 1-0, Yency Almonte 0-0, Mark Leiter Jr. 0-1, Hector Neris 2-0, Adbert Alzolay 0-1, Drew Smyly 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Justin Steele 18, Julian Merryweather 2, Yency Almonte 3, Mark Leiter Jr. 5, Hector Neris 5, Adbert Alzolay 4, Drew Smyly 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Julian Merryweather 1-0, Mark Leiter Jr. 1-0 | ||||||||
Texas
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Marcus Semien | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .000 |
| Corey Seager | SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .200 |
| Josh Jung | 3B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| Adolis GarcĂa | RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .500 |
| Wyatt Langford | DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .333 |
| Jonah Heim | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .200 |
| Ezequiel Duran | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .333 |
| Travis Jankowski | PH-CF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Evan Carter | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Leody Taveras | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Jared Walsh | 1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 34 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Josh Jung (1), Ezequiel Duran (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Adolis GarcĂa (1), Travis Jankowski (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Corey Seager, Josh Jung 2, Adolis GarcĂa 5, Wyatt Langford, Jonah Heim, Ezequiel Duran 2, Travis Jankowski 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Adolis GarcĂa (1), Wyatt Langford (1), Jonah Heim (1), Travis Jankowski (1) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jonah Heim (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Corey Seager (1), Jonah Heim (1) | |||||||||
| S - Leody Taveras (1) | |||||||||
| SF - Wyatt Langford (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 10 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Jonah Heim (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Nathan Eovaldi | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Josh Sborz | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Kirby Yates | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jose Leclerc | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9.00 |
| David Robertson (W 1-0) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| WP - Jose Leclerc | ||||||||
| HBP - Nico Hoerner (by Eovaldi) | ||||||||
| IBB - Cody Bellinger (by Robertson) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Nathan Eovaldi 88-55, Josh Sborz 16-11, Kirby Yates 22-14, Jose Leclerc 25-12, David Robertson 18-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Nathan Eovaldi 7-5, Josh Sborz 1-0, Kirby Yates 1-1, Jose Leclerc 1-0, David Robertson 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Nathan Eovaldi 22, Josh Sborz 5, Kirby Yates 3, Jose Leclerc 5, David Robertson 5 | ||||||||