CHC 2, KC 10 | Mar 13, 2021 | The Best Box Score

Saturday, March 13, 2021•Surprise Stadium•56°F, Partly Cloudy

CHC

Cubs

Royals

Final

WIN

Daniel Lynch IV

LOSS

Adbert Alzolay

The Royals cruised past the Cubs 10-2 in a dominant performance.

★Nick Pratto2 HR, 3 RBI

Key Moment

Top 2: Ildemaro Vargas homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. Cameron Maybin scores.

Weather: 56°F, Partly CloudyWind: 13 mph, Out To LFFirst pitch: 8:05 PM UTCT: 2:32Att: 2,168Venue: Surprise Stadium

Win Probability

KC WinCHC Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHC	0	2	0	0	0	0	0			2	5	4
KC	0	3	1	2	1	3

Game 642071 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Chicago Cubs

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Trent Giambrone3B	1	0	0	0	0	1	.111/.200/.111
Taylor GushueC	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143/.333/.286
Andy WeberSS	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333/.429/.500
Michael HermosilloCF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250/.400/1.000
Ildemaro Vargas2B	3	1	1	2	0	0	.429/.455/.667
Rafael OrtegaDH	3	0	0	0	0	0	.286/.286/.571
Matt DuffyRF	3	0	0	0	0	0	.300/.300/.300
Nick MartiniLF	3	0	0	0	0	2	.125/.300/.188
Alfonso Rivas III1B	3	0	2	0	0	1	.286/.375/.500
Bench
Eric Sogard2B	2	0	0	0	1	0	.222/.364/.333
Willson ContrerasC	3	0	0	0	0	3	.313/.476/.563
Nico HoernerSS
Totals	25	2	5	2	3	8	-

HR:Vargas (2nd off IV, 1 on, 0 out)

TB:8

RBI:Vargas 2

CS:Hoerner

Team LOB:5

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Seuly MatiasRF	1	1	1	0	0	0	.364/.417/.818
Anderson MillerLF	1	1

Pitching

Chicago Cubs

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Adbert AlzolayL	1.2	3	3	2	1	2	1	19-13	15.75
Dillon Maples	1.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	8-8	6.23
Kohl Stewart	1.2	3	3	2	1	1	1	19-12	9.82
Jerry Vasto	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3-3	0.00
Michael Rucker	1.0	4	3	3	0	1	1	14-12	10.13
Totals	6.0	12	10	8	2	6	3	63-48	-

WP:Alzolay

Inherited runners-scored:Vasto 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Alzolay 19-13; Maples 8-8; Stewart 19-12; Vasto 3-3; Rucker 14-12

Groundouts-flyouts:Alzolay 4-0; Maples 3-0; Stewart 3-2; Vasto 0-0; Rucker 2-0

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Daniel Lynch IVW	3.0	2	2	2	0	5	1	23-22	9.45

Top 2 • CHC

2-0

Ildemaro Vargas homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. Cameron Maybin scores.

Bot 2 • KC

2-1

Jorge Soler homers (3) on a fly ball to left field.

2-3

Whit Merrifield grounds out, pitcher Adbert Alzolay to second baseman Eric Sogard to first baseman Alfonso Rivas.

Bot 3 • KC

2-4

Jorge Soler doubles (2) on a fly ball to right fielder Matt Duffy. Salvador Perez scores.

Bot 4 • KC

2-5

Andrew Benintendi doubles (3) on a fly ball to center fielder Cameron Maybin. Whit Merrifield scores.

2-6

Jeison Guzman reaches on a fielding error by pitcher Kohl Stewart. Andrew Benintendi scores. Throwing error by pitcher Kohl Stewart.

Bot 5 • KC

2-7

Nick Pratto homers (2) on a fly ball to center field.

Bot 6 • KC

2-8

Anderson Miller doubles (1) on a line drive to right fielder Matt Duffy. Seuly Matias scores.

2-10

Nick Pratto homers (3) on a fly ball to right field. Anderson Miller scores.

HR:Soler (2nd off Alzolay, 0 on, 0 out); Pratto (5th off Stewart, 0 on, 0 out); Pratto (6th off Rucker, 1 on, 2 out)

2B:Soler; Mondesi; Benintendi; Miller

3B:Matias

TB:27

RBI:Soler 2; Benintendi; Miller; Pratto 3

SB:Dyson; Lopez

Team LOB:6

WP:Zimmer

Inherited runners-scored:Zimmer 1-0

Pitches-strikes:IV 23-22; Brach 7-2; Cox 18-9; Zimmer 3-2; Hernández 6-6

Groundouts-flyouts:IV 3-2; Brach 1-1; Cox 0-1; Zimmer 2-0; Hernández 2-0

Bench
Whit MerrifieldRF	3	1	1	0	0	0	.500/.563/.786
Andrew BenintendiLF	3	1	1	1	0	0	.167/.286/.333
Adalberto MondesiSS	2	0	1	0	0	1	.444/.500/.667
Carlos Santana1B	2	0	0	0	1	0	.174/.269/.304
Salvador PerezC	2	1	1	0	0	1	.400/.455/.850
Jorge SolerDH	2	1	2	2	0	0	.250/.333/.708
Jarrod DysonCF	3	1	0	0	0	1	.000/.167/.000
Daniel Lynch IVP							.000/.000/.000
Brad BrachP							.000/.000/.000
Austin CoxP							.000/.000/.000
Kyle ZimmerP							.000/.000/.000
Carlos HernándezP							.000/.000/.000

Win Probability

Batting

Chicago Cubs

Kansas City Royals

Pitching

Chicago Cubs

Kansas City Royals

Game Notes