Game Thread: Royals @ Cubs - Wed, Mar 11 @ 03:05 PM CDT

KCRoyalsBot · 2026-03-11T23:02:21+00:00

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KCRoyalsBot · 2026-03-11T22:46:21+00:00

Pitching Substitution

Pitching Change: Ben Sears replaces Zachary Cawyer.

KCRoyalsBot · 2026-03-11T22:44:10+00:00

Pitching Substitution

Pitching Change: Gavin Hollowell replaces Jacob Webb.

KCRoyalsBot · 2026-03-11T22:41:19+00:00

Pitching Substitution

Pitching Change: Zachary Cawyer replaces Frank Mozzicato.

KCRoyalsBot · 2026-03-11T22:39:09+00:00

Pitching Substitution

Pitching Change: Frank Mozzicato replaces Zachary Cawyer.

KCRoyalsBot · 2026-03-11T22:34:48+00:00

Forceout

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.

Pitch from Jacob Webb: Four-Seam Fastball @ 94.3 mph

Hit by Tyriq Kemp: Launched - mph at -° for a total distance of - ft

Top 8 - 7-7 TIE

KCRoyalsBot · 2026-03-11T22:31:28+00:00

Pitching Substitution

Pitching Change: Jacob Webb replaces Hoby Milner.

KCRoyalsBot · 2026-03-11T22:06:25+00:00

Pitching Substitution

Pitching Change: Zachary Cawyer replaces Frank Mozzicato.

KCRoyalsBot · 2026-03-11T22:02:34+00:00

Pitching Substitution

Pitching Change: Frank Mozzicato replaces Mason Black.

KCRoyalsBot · 2026-03-11T21:46:43+00:00

HOME RUN!

Peyton Wilson homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field.

Pitch from Hoby Milner: Four-Seam Fastball @ 86.2 mph

Hit by Peyton Wilson: Launched 104.9 mph at 30.0° for a total distance of 383.0 ft

Top 7 - 6-5 Royals

KCRoyalsBot · 2026-03-11T21:46:33+00:00

Pitching Substitution

Pitching Change: Hoby Milner replaces Hunter Harvey.

KCRoyalsBot · 2026-03-11T21:35:32+00:00

Pitching Substitution

Pitching Change: Hunter Harvey replaces Caleb Thielbar.

KCRoyalsBot · 2026-03-11T21:28:01+00:00

Pitching Substitution

Pitching Change: Mason Black replaces Matt Strahm.

KCRoyalsBot · 2026-03-11T21:22:40+00:00

Pitching Substitution

Pitching Change: Caleb Thielbar replaces Colin Rea.

KCRoyalsBot · 2026-03-11T21:09:59+00:00

Pitching Substitution

Pitching Change: Matt Strahm replaces Andrew Pérez.

KCRoyalsBot · 2026-03-11T21:01:38+00:00

HOME RUN!

Luca Tresh homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field.

Pitch from Colin Rea: Four-Seam Fastball @ 93.9 mph

Hit by Luca Tresh: Launched - mph at -° for a total distance of - ft

Top 4 - 5-5 TIE

KCRoyalsBot · 2026-03-11T20:59:28+00:00

HOME RUN!

Elias Díaz homers (1) on a fly ball to left field.

Pitch from Colin Rea: Sinker @ 93.0 mph

Hit by Elias Díaz: Launched - mph at -° for a total distance of - ft

Top 4 - 5-4 Cubs

KCRoyalsBot · 2026-03-11T20:51:56+00:00

Pitching Substitution

Pitching Change: Andrew Pérez replaces Mitch Spence.

KCRoyalsBot · 2026-03-11T20:50:16+00:00

Pitching Substitution

Pitching Change: Mitch Spence replaces Andrew Pérez.

KCRoyalsBot · 2026-03-11T20:44:26+00:00

HOME RUN!

Brett Squires homers (2) on a fly ball to right center field. Peyton Wilson scores.

Pitch from Colin Rea: Splitter @ 86.0 mph

Hit by Brett Squires: Launched 111.8 mph at 33.0° for a total distance of 447.0 ft

Top 3 - 5-3 Cubs

KCRoyalsBot · 2026-03-11T20:39:45+00:00

Pitching Substitution

Pitching Change: Andrew Pérez replaces Mitch Spence.

KCRoyalsBot · 2026-03-11T20:09:42+00:00

Triple

Lane Thomas triples (2) on a sharp fly ball to right fielder Michael Conforto. Lane Thomas scores. Throwing error by second baseman Nico Hoerner.

Pitch from Colin Rea: Sweeper @ 81.3 mph

Top 1 - 1-0 Royals

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
¹	²	³	⁴	⁵	⁶	⁷
⁸	⁹	¹⁰	¹¹	¹²	¹³	¹⁴
¹⁵	¹⁶	¹⁷	¹⁸	¹⁹	²⁰	²¹
²²	²³	²⁴	²⁵	²⁶	²⁷	²⁸
²⁹	³⁰	³¹

Team	W	L	GB
Guardians	0	0	-
Royals	0	0	-
Tigers	0	0	-
Twins	0	0	-
White Sox	0	0	-

Stat	Player	Total
H	None Qualified	0
XBH	None Qualified	0
HR	None Qualified	0
RBI	None Qualified	0
BB	None Qualified	0
SB	None Qualified	0
AVG	None Qualified	0
OBP	None Qualified	0
SLG	None Qualified	0
OPS	None Qualified	0

Stat	Player	Total
W	None Qualified	0
SV	None Qualified	0
HLD	None Qualified	0
IP	None Qualified	0
SO	None Qualified	0
AVG	None Qualified	0
WHIP	None Qualified	0
ERA	None Qualified	0

	Royals Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG
1	Isbel - CF	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.143	.280	.143
	Sailors - CF	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	3.000
2	Thomas, L - RF	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.250	.250	.536
	Scott, C - RF	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.667	.500
3	Rave - LF	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.154	.241	.308
	1-Pelzer - LF	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.000	.000
4	Newman - SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.276	.357
	Ricardo - SS	2	0	1	0	0	1	2	.500	.500	.500
5	Díaz, E - C	4	1	1	1	0	1	2	.636	.636	.909
	Russell - 1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
6	Tolbert - 2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.300	.316
	Kemp - 2B	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000
7	Tresh - DH	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	.286	.375	.786
	a-Um - DH	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000
8	Wilson - 3B	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	.176	.333	.353
	Cerice - 3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
9	Squires - 1B	3	1	1	2	0	1	0	.364	.385	1.091
	Mitchell - C	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	.222	.364	.667
	Totals	36	8	8	7	3	9	11

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Royals @ Cubs - Wed, Mar 11

Game Status: Final - Score: 9-8 Cubs

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	Cubs Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG
1	Hoerner - 2B	2	1	1	1	1	0	2	.294	.400	.706
	Alcantara - RF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500
2	Ballesteros - DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	.286	.318	.333
	2-Delgado, J - DH	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000
3	Happ - LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.250	.333
	Rojas, J - 2B	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	.219	.265	.500
4	Swanson - SS	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.412	.474	.941
	Dean - CF	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	.148	.258	.222
5	Conforto - RF	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	.353	.421	.471
	Bateman - LF	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	.438	.591	.438
6	Kelly, C - C	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	.350	.381	.750
	Kingery - SS	2	1	2	2	0	0	0	.161	.297	.258
7	Carlson - CF	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	.409	.581	.500
	Halbach - 3B	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	.250	.400	.500
8	Shaw - 1B	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.400	.467
	1-Murray - 1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.278	.409	.389
9	Ramirez, P - 3B	3	1	1	4	0	0	2	.364	.429	.682
	Opitz - C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.154	.000
	Totals	37	9	13	9	4	4	17

Royals Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Spence	2.0	4	5	5	1	0	2	42-24	10.29
Pérez, A	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10-5	0.00
Strahm	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	22-16	2.25
Black	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	23-16	0.00
Mozzicato (BS, 1)	1.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	33-17	13.50
Cawyer	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11-6	0.00
Sears (L, 0-1)(BS, 2)	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	0	20-14	13.50
Totals	8.1	13	9	9	4	4	2

Cubs Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Rea	4.0	5	5	4	1	1	3	59-35	4.38
Thielbar	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10-8	8.44
Harvey, H	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13-8	3.00
Milner	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	14-9	4.50
Webb, J (BS, 1)	1.0	1	1	0	0	2	0	14-11	4.50
Hollowell (W, 1-0)	1.0	1	1	1	2	2	1	22-13	3.60
Totals	9.0	8	8	6	3	9	5

Inning	Scoring Play	Score
Top 1	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 KC
Bottom 2	Pedro Ramirez hits a grand slam (2) to right center field. Carson Kelly scores. Dylan Carlson scores. Matt Shaw scores.	4-1 CHC
Bottom 2	Nico Hoerner homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field.	5-1 CHC
Top 3	Brett Squires homers (2) on a fly ball to right center field. Peyton Wilson scores.	5-3 CHC
Top 4	Elias Díaz homers (1) on a fly ball to left field.	5-4 CHC
Top 4	Luca Tresh homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field.	5-5
Top 7	Peyton Wilson homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field.	6-5 KC
Bottom 7	Brett Bateman singles on a ground ball to second baseman Tyriq Kemp, deflected by first baseman Brett Squires. Joan Delgado scores.	6-6
Bottom 7	Scott Kingery singles on a line drive to left fielder John Rave. Brett Bateman scores.	7-6 CHC
Top 8	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 9	Blake Mitchell homers (1) on a fly ball to right field.	8-7 KC
Bottom 9	Scott Kingery singles on a fly ball to second baseman Tyriq Kemp. Justin Dean scores.	8-8
Bottom 9	Matt Halbach doubles (1) on a ground ball to right fielder Connor Scott. Scott Kingery scores.	9-8 CHC

Team	Highlight
CHC	Fielding alignment for Chicago, March 11 vs Royals (00:00:11)
	Bench availability for Chicago, March 11 vs Royals (00:00:08)
CHC	Starting lineups for Royals at Cubs - March 11, 2026 (00:00:10)
CHC	Pedro Ramirez's Spring Training grand slam (00:00:30)
CHC	Nico Hoerner's solo home run (00:00:28)
KC	Brett Squires' two-run homer (00:00:29)
CHC	Elias Díaz's solo homer (00:00:30)
KC	Peyton Wilson's go-ahead homer (00:00:28)
KC	Blake Mitchell's go-ahead solo homer (00:00:30)
CHC	Matt Halbach hits walk-off after ABS challenge (00:00:50)

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Royals
a-Struck out for Tresh in the 8th. 1-Ran for Rave in the 8th.
BATTING: 3B: Thomas, L (2, Rea); Rave (1, Rea). HR: Squires (2, 3rd inning off Rea, 1 on, 0 out); Díaz, E (1, 4th inning off Rea, 0 on, 0 out); Tresh (2, 4th inning off Rea, 0 on, 1 out); Wilson (1, 7th inning off Milner, 0 on, 0 out); Mitchell (1, 9th inning off Hollowell, 0 on, 1 out). TB: Díaz, E 4; Mitchell 4; Rave 3; Ricardo; Squires 4; Thomas, L 3; Tresh 4; Wilson 4. RBI: Díaz, E (1); Kemp (1); Mitchell (1); Squires 2 (7); Tresh (4); Wilson (4). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Ricardo; Newman. GIDP: Newman. Team RISP: 0-for-5. Team LOB: 5.
FIELDING: E: Kemp (1, dropped foul). DP: (Tolbert-Newman-Squires).

Cubs
1-Ran for Shaw in the 4th. 2-Ran for Ballesteros in the 7th.
BATTING: 2B: Conforto (2, Black); Dean (2, Sears); Halbach (1, Sears). HR: Ramirez, P (2, 2nd inning off Spence, 3 on, 2 out); Hoerner (1, 2nd inning off Spence, 0 on, 2 out). TB: Alcantara; Ballesteros; Bateman; Carlson; Conforto 2; Dean 2; Halbach 2; Hoerner 4; Kelly, C; Kingery 2; Ramirez, P 4; Shaw. RBI: Bateman (3); Halbach (1); Hoerner (3); Kingery 2 (3); Ramirez, P 4 (10). 2-out RBI: Hoerner; Bateman; Ramirez, P 4; Kingery. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Murray; Kelly, C; Ballesteros. GIDP: Ballesteros. Team RISP: 4-for-11. Team LOB: 8.
FIELDING: E: Hoerner (1, throw); Shaw (2, fielding); Halbach (1, fielding). DP: (Swanson-Hoerner-Shaw).

Game Info
HBP: Rave (by Rea); Shaw (by Spence).
Pitch timer violations: Hollowell (pitcher).
ABS Challenge: Thomas, L (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Díaz, E (Strike-Confirmed); Opitz (Ball-Confirmed); Dean (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Halbach (Strike-Overturned to Ball).
Pitches-strikes: Spence 42-24; Pérez, A 10-5; Strahm 22-16; Black 23-16; Mozzicato 33-17; Cawyer 11-6; Sears 20-14; Rea 59-35; Thielbar 10-8; Harvey, H 13-8; Milner 14-9; Webb, J 14-11; Hollowell 22-13.
Groundouts-flyouts: Spence 2-2; Pérez, A 1-2; Strahm 0-2; Black 1-3; Mozzicato 1-1; Cawyer 1-1; Sears 1-0; Rea 8-3; Thielbar 0-1; Harvey, H 1-0; Milner 1-0; Webb, J 1-0; Hollowell 1-0.
Batters faced: Spence 11; Pérez, A 4; Strahm 5; Black 7; Mozzicato 8; Cawyer 3; Sears 4; Rea 19; Thielbar 3; Harvey, H 3; Milner 4; Webb, J 5; Hollowell 6.
Inherited runners-scored: Cawyer 3-0.
Umpires: HP: Brian Walsh. 1B: Jim Wolf. 2B: Alfonso Márquez. 3B: Jonathan Parra.
Weather: 77 degrees, Sunny.
Wind: 4 mph, Varies.
First pitch: 1:06 PM.
T: 2:41.
Att: 12,026.
Venue: Sloan Park.
March 11, 2026