Major League Baseball

FINAL Saturday, March 13, 2021
Chicago Cubs 2
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Kansas City Royals 10
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Surprise Stadium · 2,168 att.

Top Performers

CHC

  • Eric Sogard · ·
  • Trent Giambrone · ·
  • Willson Contreras · ·
  • Taylor Gushue · ·

KC

  • Whit Merrifield · ·
  • Seuly Matias · ·
  • Andrew Benintendi · ·
  • Anderson Miller · ·

Recent Plays

  1. · 7th Inning Middle of the 7th inning
  2. · 7th Inning
  3. · 7th Inning Giambrone struck out swinging.
  4. · 7th Inning Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging
  5. · 7th Inning Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging
  6. · 7th Inning Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
  7. · 7th Inning Carlos Hernandez pitches to Trent Giambrone
  8. · 7th Inning

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1

Injuries

Kansas City Royals

  • Mitch Spence Day-To-Day
  • Steven Cruz Out
  • Carlos Estevez 60-Day-IL
  • Jonathan India 60-Day-IL
  • Nick Mears 60-Day-IL

Chicago Cubs

  • Justin Steele 60-Day-IL
  • Shelby Miller 60-Day-IL
  • Ben Brown 60-Day-IL
  • Phil Maton 60-Day-IL
  • Riley Martin 60-Day-IL

Lineups

KC

  1. 15Whit MerrifieldRF
  2. 23Andrew BenintendiLF
  3. 43Adalberto MondesiSS
  4. 41Carlos Santana1B
  5. 13Salvador PerezC
  6. 12Jorge SolerDH
  7. 26Emmanuel Rivera3B
  8. 1Jarrod DysonCF
  9. 33Nicky Lopez2B

CHC

  1. 4Eric Sogard2B
  2. 40Willson ContrerasC
  3. 2Nico HoernerSS
  4. 15Cameron MaybinCF
  5. 6Ildemaro Vargas2B
  6. 0Rafael OrtegaDH
  7. 9Matt DuffyRF
  8. 35Nick MartiniLF
  9. 22Alfonso Rivas III1B

MLB News

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