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Cleveland Guardians at Chicago Cubs

Sloan Park, Mesa Spring Training Final

Final score

The Chicago Cubs beat the Cleveland Guardians 8–6 on Friday, February 27, 2026 at home.

Team Runs 2026 record
Cleveland Guardians 6 85-77
at Chicago Cubs 8 89-73

Line score

Team
Cleveland Guardians 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 6 8 1
Chicago Cubs 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 8 9 0
  • W: Ethan Roberts (1-0)
  • L: Jake Miller
  • S: Gavin Hollowell

Home runs

  • Chicago Cubs: Dansby Swanson (1), Scott Kingery (1)

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

Scoring plays

Inning Team Play Score
Bottom 1st Chicago Cubs Dansby Swanson homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. Nico Hoerner scores. 0–2
Bottom 6th Chicago Cubs Dansby Swanson singles on a ground ball to center fielder Jaison Chourio. Pedro Ramírez scores. 0–3
Top 7th Cleveland Guardians Maick Collado singles on a ground ball to right fielder Justin Dean. Jacob Cozart scores. Dean Curley to 3rd. 1–3
Top 7th Cleveland Guardians Jonah Advincula doubles (1) on a ground ball to right fielder Justin Dean. Dean Curley scores. Maick Collado scores. Joe Lampe scores. 4–3
Top 7th Cleveland Guardians Bo Naylor singles on a line drive to right fielder Justin Dean. Jonah Advincula scores. Dayan Frias to 3rd. 5–3
Bottom 7th Chicago Cubs Scott Kingery homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field. 5–4
Bottom 8th Chicago Cubs Leonel Espinoza singles on a ground ball to left fielder Jonah Advincula. Pedro Ramírez scores. BJ Murray Jr. scores. Ariel Armas to 3rd. Leonel Espinoza to 2nd. Throwing error by left fielder Jonah Advincula. 5–6
Bottom 8th Chicago Cubs Jefferson Rojas doubles (2) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Jonah Advincula. Ariel Armas scores. Leonel Espinoza scores. 5–8
Top 9th Cleveland Guardians Dayan Frias grounds out, shortstop Jefferson Rojas to first baseman BJ Murray Jr. Joe Lampe scores. Jonah Advincula to 2nd. 6–8

Box score

Cleveland Guardians

Batter
Brayan Rocchio 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 .273
Dayan Frias 2B 1 0 0 1 1 0 .000
Bo Naylor C 4 0 1 1 0 0 .500
Cooper Ingle C 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200
Rhys Hoskins DH 2 0 0 0 1 2 .000
Jacob Cozart DH 1 1 0 0 0 1 .286
Daniel Schneemann 3B 3 0 1 0 0 1 .364
Dean Curley 3B 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Gabriel Arias SS 2 0 0 0 0 2 .222
Milan Tolentino SS 2 0 0 0 0 1 .167
CJ Kayfus 1B 2 0 0 0 0 2 .167
Maick Collado 1B 2 1 1 1 0 0 .500
Johnathan Rodríguez RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .182
Joe Lampe RF 1 2 1 0 1 0 .333
Angel Martínez CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .125
Jaison Chourio CF 2 0 0 0 0 2 .375
Kahlil Watson LF 2 0 1 0 0 0 .625
Jonah Advincula LF 2 1 2 3 0 0 1.000
Totals 35 6 8 6 3 12
Pitcher
Logan Allen 3.0 3 2 2 2 2 1 51 3.60
Hunter Gaddis 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 0.00
Parker Messick 2.2 4 2 2 0 2 1 46 3.86
Jack Leftwich (H, 1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.00
Jake Miller (L, 0-1)(H, 1) 0.1 0 3 3 3 0 0 25 81.00
Jay Driver (BS, 1) 0.2 2 1 1 1 2 0 22 6.75

Chicago Cubs

Batter
Nico Hoerner 2B 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000
Justin Dean CF 3 0 0 0 0 3 .167
Alex Bregman 3B 3 0 2 0 0 0 .333
Pedro Ramírez 3B 0 2 0 0 1 0 .333
Ian Happ LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .200
James Triantos 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 .188
Dansby Swanson SS 3 1 2 3 0 1 .400
BJ Murray Jr. 1B 0 1 0 0 1 0 .286
Michael Busch 1B 3 0 0 0 0 2 .286
Ariel Armas C 0 1 0 0 1 0 .125
Matt Shaw RF 2 0 1 0 0 0 .333
Scott Kingery LF 2 1 1 1 0 1 .077
Pete Crow-Armstrong CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Leonel Espinoza RF 1 1 1 2 0 0 .750
Miguel Amaya C 2 0 0 0 0 0 .375
Jefferson Rojas SS 2 0 1 2 0 0 .357
Dylan Carlson DH 2 0 1 0 1 1 .500
Casey Opitz DH 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Totals 31 8 9 8 6 9
Pitcher
Edward Cabrera 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 31 0.00
Ryan Rolison (H, 2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0.00
Daniel Palencia (H, 2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 0.00
Collin Snider (H, 2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 0.00
Jacob Webb (H, 2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 10.80
Porter Hodge (BS, 1) 0.2 3 5 5 2 2 0 29 31.50
Tyler Beede 0.1 1 0 0 1 1 0 20 0.00
Ethan Roberts (W, 1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.00
Gavin Hollowell (S, 1) 1.0 2 1 1 0 2 0 16 3.00

Game info

Weather
86 degrees, Sunny
Wind
5 mph, L To R
First pitch
1:05 PM
Time of game
2:45
Attendance
11,217
Umpires
Home Plate: Dexter Kelley, First Base: Chad Whitson, Second Base: Jonathan Parra, Third Base: Willie Traynor

2026 season series

Matchup Status Details
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