Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
Chi. Cubs 7,
Kansas City 6
When: 4:05 PM ET, Saturday, March 16, 2024
Where: Sloan Park, Mesa, Arizona
Temperature: 63°
Umpires: Home - Alfonso Marquez, 1B - Steven Jaschinski, 2B - Nate Tomlinson, 3B - Rob Drake
Attendance: 12493
Where: Sloan Park, Mesa, Arizona
Temperature: 63°
Umpires: Home - Alfonso Marquez, 1B - Steven Jaschinski, 2B - Nate Tomlinson, 3B - Rob Drake
Attendance: 12493
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
| Chi. Cubs | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 7 | 11 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| MJ Melendez | DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .367 |
| Austin Nola | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .182 |
| Logan Porter | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .176 |
| Michael Massey | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .233 |
| Ryan Fitzgerald | 2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| Mike Brosseau | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .130 |
| Nate Eaton | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .304 |
| Nick Pratto | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .387 |
| Tucker Bradley | LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 |
| Devin Mann | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .222 |
| CJ Alexander | PH-1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .304 |
| John Rave | RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .167 |
| River Town | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 |
| Tyler Tolbert | CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .227 |
| Cam Devanney | SS | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .235 |
| Brennon McNair | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 31 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 7 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - MJ Melendez (3), John Rave (1), Tyler Tolbert (2) | |||||||||
| HR - MJ Melendez (2), Cam Devanney (1) | |||||||||
| TB - MJ Melendez 6, Logan Porter, John Rave 2, Tyler Tolbert 2, Cam Devanney 5 | |||||||||
| RBI - MJ Melendez 3 (7), Logan Porter (1), Cam Devanney 2 (3) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Logan Porter (1) | |||||||||
| S - Tyler Tolbert (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Devin Mann (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 3 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - MJ Melendez (1, 3rd by Cuas/Gomes) | |||||||||
| SB - Tyler Tolbert (3, 3rd off Smyly/Gomes), Cam Devanney (1, 2nd off Neris/Alfaro) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Alec Marsh (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jordan Lyles (L 0-1) | 3.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9.00 |
| Alec Marsh | 4.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1.93 |
| Sam Long | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.23 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Jordan Lyles 54-37, Alec Marsh 59-38, Sam Long 16-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jordan Lyles 3-3, Alec Marsh 4-2, Sam Long 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jordan Lyles 16, Alec Marsh 15, Sam Long 3 | ||||||||
Chi. Cubs
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Nico Hoerner | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .156 |
| Rafael Morel | CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Seiya Suzuki | RF | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .440 |
| Bradlee Beesley | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 |
| Cody Bellinger | CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .312 |
| Chase Strumpf | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .160 |
| Yan Gomes | C | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .320 |
| Jorge Alfaro | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .174 |
| Michael Busch | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .233 |
| Jonathon Long | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 |
| Miles Mastrobuoni | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .265 |
| Liam Spence | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| David Bote | 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .256 |
| Fabian Pertuz | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 |
| Matt Mervis | DH | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .300 |
| Casey Opitz | PH-DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Owen Caissie | LF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .344 |
| Cole Roederer | LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 34 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 11 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Seiya Suzuki 2 (3), Cody Bellinger (1), Yan Gomes 2 (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Seiya Suzuki 9, Cody Bellinger 4, Yan Gomes 8, Jonathon Long, Miles Mastrobuoni, David Bote, Matt Mervis 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Seiya Suzuki 3 (6), Cody Bellinger (5), Yan Gomes 3 (7) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Seiya Suzuki 2 (3) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Nico Hoerner (6) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 3 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Jonathon Long (1, 2nd by Long/Porter), David Bote (1, 2nd by Marsh/Porter) | |||||||||
| SB - Seiya Suzuki (2, 2nd off Lyles/Nola) | |||||||||
| PO - David Bote (1st by Marsh) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Drew Smyly (W 3-1) | 4.1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7.71 |
| Jose Cuas (H 3) | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.17 |
| Hector Neris (H 1) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.00 |
| Adbert Alzolay (H 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Julian Merryweather (SV 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.60 |
| HBP - Nick Pratto (by Smyly) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Drew Smyly 73-45, Jose Cuas 32-17, Hector Neris 18-15, Adbert Alzolay 13-11, Julian Merryweather 18-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Drew Smyly 2-3, Jose Cuas 1-0, Hector Neris 0-1, Adbert Alzolay 1-0, Julian Merryweather 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Drew Smyly 18, Jose Cuas 7, Hector Neris 5, Adbert Alzolay 3, Julian Merryweather 3 | ||||||||