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Chicago Cubs at Kansas City Royals

Surprise Stadium, Surprise Spring Training Final

Final score

The Chicago Cubs beat the Kansas City Royals 3–2 on Monday, February 23, 2026 on the road.

Team Runs 2026 record
Chicago Cubs 3 89-73
at Kansas City Royals 2 69-93

Line score

Team
Chicago Cubs 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 6 0
Kansas City Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 7 1
  • W: Javier Assad (1-0)
  • L: Luinder Avila (0-1)
  • S: Walker Powell

Home runs

  • Chicago Cubs: Jefferson Rojas (1)
  • Kansas City Royals: Josh Rojas (1)

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the game.

Scoring plays

Inning Team Play Score
Top 4th Chicago Cubs Jefferson Rojas homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. 1–0
Top 5th Chicago Cubs James Triantos singles on a ground ball to right fielder Lane Thomas. Scott Kingery scores. Brett Bateman scores. Pete Crow-Armstrong to 3rd. 3–0
Bottom 8th Kansas City Royals Josh Rojas homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field. 3–1
Bottom 9th Kansas City Royals Peyton Wilson out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Carter Trice in foul territory. Sam Kulasingam scores. 3–2

Box score

Chicago Cubs

Batter
Pete Crow-Armstrong CF 2 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Kane Kepley CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
James Triantos DH 4 0 1 2 0 0 .222
Jefferson Rojas SS 3 1 1 1 0 1 .375
Ty Southisene 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
BJ Murray Jr. 1B 2 0 1 0 1 0 .143
Drew Bowser 3B 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Pedro Ramírez 3B 3 0 2 0 0 1 .429
Angel Cepeda SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Justin Dean RF 3 0 0 0 0 3 .111
Andy Garriola RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Scott Kingery 2B 3 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Haydn McGeary 1B 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Brett Bateman CF 2 1 1 0 1 0 .429
Carter Trice LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ariel Armas C 3 0 0 0 0 1 .143
Casey Opitz C 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 31 3 6 3 3 8
Pitcher
Ben Brown 2.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 30 0.00
Javier Assad (W, 1-0) 1.1 2 0 0 0 1 0 29 0.00
Jackson Kirkpatrick (H, 1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0.00
Porter Hodge (H, 1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 16 13.50
Ryan Rolison (H, 1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.00
Collin Snider (H, 1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 0.00
Tyler Ras (H, 1) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 13 9.00
Walker Powell (S, 1) 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 0 24 9.00

Kansas City Royals

Batter
Maikel Garcia 3B 2 0 2 0 0 0 .500
Josh Rojas 3B 2 1 1 1 0 1 .333
Bobby Witt Jr. SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 .375
Omar Hernandez C 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B 3 0 1 0 0 0 .143
Sam Kulasingam 1B 1 1 1 0 0 0 .667
Salvador Perez C 3 0 0 0 0 1 .250
Spencer Nivens LF 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Lane Thomas RF 2 0 0 0 0 2 .250
Daniel Vazquez SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Jonathan India 2B 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Peyton Wilson 2B 1 0 0 1 0 1 .333
Brandon Drury DH 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Elih Marrero DH 2 0 1 0 0 1 .250
Kyle Isbel CF 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000
Kameron Misner CF 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000
John Rave LF 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Gavin Cross RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 32 2 7 2 2 12
Pitcher
Seth Lugo 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 27 0.00
Luinder Avila (L, 0-1) 2.0 2 1 1 1 1 1 33 4.50
Alex Lange 0.2 1 2 1 2 2 0 32 13.50
Zachary Cawyer 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
Jose Cuas 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 0.00
Eric Cerantola 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0.00
Shane Panzini 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 4.50
Ryan Ramsey 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0.00

Game info

Weather
80 degrees, Partly Cloudy
Wind
4 mph, In From CF
First pitch
1:04 PM
Time of game
2:25
Attendance
4,872
Umpires
Home Plate: Louie Krupa, First Base: Charlie Ramos, Second Base: Nate Tomlinson, Third Base: Willie Traynor

2026 season series

Matchup Status Details
Chicago Cubs 3 at Kansas City Royals 2 Final Spring training Game page
Kansas City Royals 8 at Chicago Cubs 9 Final Spring training Game page

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