Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
Kansas City 4,
Chi. Cubs 0
When: 8:05 PM ET, Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Where: Surprise Stadium, Surprise, Arizona
Temperature: 72°
Umpires: Home - Paul Clemons, 1B - Nestor Ceja, 2B - Nic Lentz, 3B - Ryan Blakney
Attendance: 6021
Where: Surprise Stadium, Surprise, Arizona
Temperature: 72°
Umpires: Home - Paul Clemons, 1B - Nestor Ceja, 2B - Nic Lentz, 3B - Ryan Blakney
Attendance: 6021
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Chi. Cubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 4 | 5 | 0 |
Chi. Cubs
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Miles Mastrobuoni | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 |
| Matt Mervis | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 |
| Garrett Cooper | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 |
| Chase Strumpf | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .125 |
| Michael Busch | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .231 |
| Alexander Canario | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .158 |
| Owen Caissie | LF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .556 |
| Matt Shaw | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .238 |
| Jake Slaughter | 3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .667 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .190 |
| Brett Bateman | CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .286 |
| Kevin Alcantara | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .182 |
| Ezequiel Pagan | RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Joe Hudson | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Pablo Aliendo | PH-C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .214 |
| Luis Vazquez | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .353 |
| Jefferson Rojas | SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Totals | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 11 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Michael Busch (1), Owen Caissie (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Garrett Cooper, Michael Busch 2, Owen Caissie 2, Luis Vazquez | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Brett Bateman 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| PO - Pete Crow-Armstrong (1st by Smith) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Luis Vazquez (1), Kevin Alcantara (1), Luke Little (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Caleb Kilian (L 0-1) | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
| Frankie Scalzo Jr. | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Ben Brown | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.50 |
| Luke Little | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Richard Lovelady | 1.0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12.27 |
| Sam McWilliams | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8.10 |
| WP - Luke Little | ||||||||
| HBP - Rodolfo Duran (by Lovelady) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Caleb Kilian 7-7, Frankie Scalzo Jr. 5-5, Ben Brown 8-8, Luke Little 9-8, Richard Lovelady 13-8, Sam McWilliams 8-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Caleb Kilian 4-1, Frankie Scalzo Jr. 1-1, Ben Brown 4-0, Luke Little 0-1, Richard Lovelady 0-1, Sam McWilliams 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Caleb Kilian 7, Frankie Scalzo Jr. 4, Ben Brown 6, Luke Little 4, Richard Lovelady 6, Sam McWilliams 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Frankie Scalzo Jr. 1-1 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Maikel Garcia | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .417 |
| Javier Vaz | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .278 |
| Tucker Bradley | LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .125 |
| Josh Lester | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 |
| Nelson Velazquez | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .111 |
| Omar Hernandez | PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Adam Frazier | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .083 |
| CJ Alexander | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .364 |
| Austin Nola | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 |
| Rodolfo Duran | C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Drew Waters | CF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Gavin Cross | CF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Tyler Gentry | RF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 |
| John Rave | LF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .182 |
| Ryan Fitzgerald | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Totals | 28 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Tyler Gentry (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Javier Vaz, Bobby Witt Jr., Drew Waters, Tyler Gentry 4, John Rave | |||||||||
| RBI - Maikel Garcia (3), Tyler Gentry 3 (3) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Tyler Gentry 3 (3) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Bobby Witt Jr. (4), Vinnie Pasquantino (1), Omar Hernandez (1) | |||||||||
| SF - Maikel Garcia (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Vinnie Pasquantino (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 3 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Javier Vaz (1, 2nd off McWilliams/Aliendo) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Brady Singer (W 1-0) | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Will Smith (H 2) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Alec Marsh (H 1) | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.29 |
| John Schreiber | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Matt Sauer | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| WP - Matt Sauer | ||||||||
| HBP - Joe Hudson (by Singer) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Brady Singer 17-16, Will Smith 7-3, Alec Marsh 18-18, John Schreiber 7-7, Matt Sauer 15-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Brady Singer 4-2, Will Smith 1-1, Alec Marsh 4-0, John Schreiber 0-1, Matt Sauer 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Brady Singer 11, Will Smith 4, Alec Marsh 10, John Schreiber 3, Matt Sauer 5 | ||||||||