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Kansas City Royals at Chicago Cubs

Sloan Park, Mesa Spring Training Final

Final score

The Chicago Cubs beat the Kansas City Royals 9–8 on Wednesday, March 11, 2026 at home.

Team Runs 2026 record
Kansas City Royals 8 69-93
at Chicago Cubs 9 89-73

Line score

Team
Kansas City Royals 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 8 8 1
Chicago Cubs 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 9 13 3
  • W: Gavin Hollowell (1-0)
  • L: Ben Sears

Home runs

  • Kansas City Royals: Elias Díaz (1), Luca Tresh (2), Peyton Wilson (1), Brett Squires (2), Blake Mitchell (1)
  • Chicago Cubs: Nico Hoerner (1), Pedro Ramírez (2)

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

Scoring plays

Inning Team Play Score
Top 1st Kansas City Royals Lane Thomas triples (2) on a sharp fly ball to right fielder Michael Conforto. Lane Thomas scores. Throwing error by second baseman Nico Hoerner. 1–0
Bottom 2nd Chicago Cubs Pedro Ramírez hits a grand slam (2) to right center field. Carson Kelly scores. Dylan Carlson scores. Matt Shaw scores. 1–4
Bottom 2nd Chicago Cubs Nico Hoerner homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field. 1–5
Top 3rd Kansas City Royals Brett Squires homers (2) on a fly ball to right center field. Peyton Wilson scores. 3–5
Top 4th Kansas City Royals Elias Díaz homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. 4–5
Top 4th Kansas City Royals Luca Tresh homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field. 5–5
Top 7th Kansas City Royals Peyton Wilson homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field. 6–5
Bottom 7th Chicago Cubs Brett Bateman singles on a ground ball to second baseman Tyriq Kemp, deflected by first baseman Brett Squires. Joan Delgado scores. 6–6
Bottom 7th Chicago Cubs Scott Kingery singles on a line drive to left fielder John Rave. Brett Bateman scores. 6–7
Top 8th Kansas City Royals Tyriq Kemp grounds into a force out, third baseman Matt Halbach to second baseman Jefferson Rojas. Luke Pelzer scores. Yandel Ricardo out at 2nd. Tyriq Kemp to 1st. 7–7
Top 9th Kansas City Royals Blake Mitchell homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. 8–7
Bottom 9th Chicago Cubs Scott Kingery singles on a fly ball to second baseman Tyriq Kemp. Justin Dean scores. 8–8
Bottom 9th Chicago Cubs Matt Halbach doubles (1) on a ground ball to right fielder Connor Scott. Scott Kingery scores. 8–9

Box score

Kansas City Royals

Batter
Kyle Isbel CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .143
Nolan Sailors CF 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
Lane Thomas RF 4 1 1 0 0 1 .250
Connor Scott RF 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500
John Rave LF 3 0 1 0 0 1 .154
Luke Pelzer LF 1 1 0 0 0 1 .000
Kevin Newman SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Yandel Ricardo SS 2 0 1 0 0 1 .500
Elias Díaz C 4 1 1 1 0 1 .636
Stone Russell 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Tyler Tolbert 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 .263
Tyriq Kemp 2B 2 0 0 1 0 1 .000
Luca Tresh DH 3 1 1 1 0 0 .286
Hyungchan Um DH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Peyton Wilson 3B 2 2 1 1 1 0 .176
Jose Cerice 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Brett Squires 1B 3 1 1 2 0 1 .364
Blake Mitchell C 1 1 1 1 0 0 .222
Totals 36 8 8 7 3 9
Pitcher
Mitch Spence 2.0 4 5 5 1 0 2 42 10.29
Andrew Pérez 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 0.00
Matt Strahm 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 22 2.25
Mason Black 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 23 0.00
Frank Mozzicato (BS, 1) 1.0 4 2 2 1 1 0 33 13.50
Zachary Cawyer 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 0.00
Ben Sears (L, 0-1)(BS, 2) 0.1 3 2 2 0 0 0 20 13.50

Chicago Cubs

Batter
Nico Hoerner 2B 2 1 1 1 1 0 .294
Derik Alcantara RF 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500
Moisés Ballesteros DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 .286
Joan Delgado DH 1 1 0 0 0 1 .000
Ian Happ LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .167
Jefferson Rojas 2B 2 0 0 0 0 1 .219
Dansby Swanson SS 2 0 0 0 1 0 .412
Justin Dean CF 2 1 1 0 0 0 .148
Michael Conforto RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 .353
Brett Bateman LF 2 1 1 1 0 0 .438
Carson Kelly C 3 1 1 0 0 1 .350
Scott Kingery SS 2 1 2 2 0 0 .161
Dylan Carlson CF 2 1 1 0 1 1 .409
Matt Halbach 3B 1 0 1 1 1 0 .250
Matt Shaw 1B 1 1 1 0 0 0 .333
BJ Murray Jr. 1B 2 0 0 0 0 0 .278
Pedro Ramírez 3B 3 1 1 4 0 0 .364
Casey Opitz C 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 37 9 13 9 4 4
Pitcher
Colin Rea 4.0 5 5 4 1 1 3 59 4.38
Caleb Thielbar 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 8.44
Hunter Harvey 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 3.00
Hoby Milner 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 1 14 4.50
Jacob Webb (BS, 1) 1.0 1 1 0 0 2 0 14 4.50
Gavin Hollowell (W, 1-0) 1.0 1 1 1 2 2 1 23 3.60

Game info

Weather
77 degrees, Sunny
Wind
4 mph, Varies
First pitch
1:06 PM
Time of game
2:41
Attendance
12,026
Umpires
Home Plate: Brian Walsh, First Base: Jim Wolf, Second Base: Alfonso Márquez, Third Base: Jonathan Parra

2026 season series

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