Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
Chi. Cubs 5,
Kansas City 2
When: 4:05 PM ET, Sunday, March 20, 2016
Where: Sloan Park, Mesa, Arizona
Temperature: 88°
Umpires: Home - Jim Joyce, 1B - Bill Miller, 2B - Dan Bellino, 3B - Tom Woodring
Attendance: 15523
Where: Sloan Park, Mesa, Arizona
Temperature: 88°
Umpires: Home - Jim Joyce, 1B - Bill Miller, 2B - Dan Bellino, 3B - Tom Woodring
Attendance: 15523
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Chi. Cubs | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 5 | 7 | 2 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .172 |
| Dusty Coleman | PR-SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .176 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .387 |
| Clint Barmes | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .261 |
| Omar Infante | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .261 |
| Orlando Calixte | PR-DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .294 |
| Paulo Orlando | RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .243 |
| Amalani Fukofuka | RF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Reymond Fuentes | CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .367 |
| Brandon Downes | CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Raul Mondesi | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .321 |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .321 |
| Drew Butera | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .185 |
| Cody Decker | 1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .308 |
| Tony Cruz | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .148 |
| Terrance Gore | LF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .154 |
| Logan Moon | LF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .600 |
| Totals | 35 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Reymond Fuentes (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Omar Infante, Paulo Orlando, Amalani Fukofuka, Reymond Fuentes 2, Tony Cruz 2, Terrance Gore, Logan Moon | |||||||||
| RBI - Reymond Fuentes (7) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Dusty Coleman (2), Mike Moustakas (3), Omar Infante (2), Brandon Downes (1), Drew Butera (5) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Mike Moustakas (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Paulo Orlando (1, 2nd off Lester/Ross), Reymond Fuentes (2, 3rd off Lester/Ross) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Ian Kennedy (L 0-1) | 4.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4.85 |
| David Huff (BS 1) | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.40 |
| Wade Davis | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Luke Hochevar | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Ross Ohlendorf | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 |
| WP - Ian Kennedy | ||||||||
| HBP - Dexter Fowler (by Kennedy) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Ian Kennedy 36-27, David Huff 7-6, Wade Davis 4-4, Luke Hochevar 7-3, Ross Ohlendorf 5-5 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Ian Kennedy 3-2, David Huff 0-2, Wade Davis 2-1, Luke Hochevar 2-1, Ross Ohlendorf 0-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Ian Kennedy 19, David Huff 5, Wade Davis 4, Luke Hochevar 4, Ross Ohlendorf 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - David Huff 2-2 | ||||||||
Chi. Cubs
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Dexter Fowler | CF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .222 |
| Hector Rondon | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jesus Guzman | 1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 |
| Jason Heyward | RF-CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .207 |
| Victor Caratini | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Kris Bryant | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .226 |
| Clayton Richard | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Spencer Patton | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Manny Parra | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Anthony Rizzo | 1B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .280 |
| Logan Watkins | PR-3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jorge Soler | LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .138 |
| Pedro Strop | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Javier Baez | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
| Addison Russell | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .276 |
| Kristopher Negron | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .231 |
| David Ross | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .278 |
| Albert Almora | CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Munenori Kawasaki | 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .370 |
| John Andreoli | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .323 |
| Jon Lester | SP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Juan Perez | PH-LF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .133 |
| Totals | 29 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 3B - Dexter Fowler (2) | |||||||||
| HR - Jorge Soler (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Dexter Fowler 3, Jason Heyward, Anthony Rizzo, Jorge Soler 4, Addison Russell, Munenori Kawasaki, Juan Perez | |||||||||
| RBI - Jason Heyward 2 (7), Anthony Rizzo (5), Jorge Soler 2 (6) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jorge Soler 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Dexter Fowler (5), Anthony Rizzo (6), Jorge Soler (5) | |||||||||
| SF - Jason Heyward (1), Anthony Rizzo (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Anthony Rizzo (1), Jon Lester (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jon Lester (W 1-0) | 5.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5.14 |
| Pedro Strop (H 2) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Hector Rondon (H 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17.36 |
| Clayton Richard (H 1) | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Spencer Patton (H 2) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Manny Parra (SV 1) | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Jon Lester 33-28, Pedro Strop 3-3, Hector Rondon 7-7, Clayton Richard 7-7, Spencer Patton 0-0, Manny Parra 5-5 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jon Lester 6-3, Pedro Strop 2-1, Hector Rondon 0-0, Clayton Richard 0-1, Spencer Patton 1-0, Manny Parra 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jon Lester 21, Pedro Strop 3, Hector Rondon 3, Clayton Richard 5, Spencer Patton 2, Manny Parra 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Manny Parra 1-0 | ||||||||