CHC 6, KC 2 | Mar 21, 2023 | The Best Box Score

Wednesday, March 22, 2023•Surprise Stadium•59°F, Overcast

CHC

Cubs

Royals

Completed Early: Rain

WIN

Jameson Taillon

LOSS

Jordan Lyles

SAVE

Mark Leiter Jr.

The Cubs defeated the Royals 6-2.

Key Moment

Top 7: Nelson Maldonado singles on a ground ball to right fielder Jorge Bonifacio. Mike Tauchman scores.

Weather: 59°F, OvercastWind: 5 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 1:05 AM UTCT: 2:06Att: 6,356Venue: Surprise Stadium

Win Probability

KC WinCHC Win

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

Game 719017 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Nico Hoerner2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	.238/.238/.429
Dansby SwansonSS	3	1	0	0	1	1	.065/.237/.097
Mike TauchmanLF	0	1	0	0	1	0	.226/.351/.387
Nelson Maldonado1B	1	1	1	1	0	0	.222/.222/.333
Patrick Wisdom3B	4	0	2	2	0	1	.357/.438/.536
Nelson VelázquezRF	4	0	1	0	0	2	.211/.286/.579
Matt MervisDH	3	0	0	1	0	2	.179/.294/.250
Tucker BarnhartC	2	0	0	0	1	0	.087/.120/.087
Christopher MorelCF	2	1	1	1	1	0	.225/.311/.500
Bench
Ian HappLF	1	2	1	0	2	0	.333/.463/.485
Eric Hosmer1B	2	0	1	1	1	0	.242/.278/.303
Jameson TaillonP
Totals	26	6	8	6	7	7	-

HR:Morel (2nd off Lyles, 0 on, 1 out)

2B:Velázquez

TB:12

RBI:Morel; Wisdom 2; Maldonado; Hosmer; Mervis

SB:Tauchman; Happ

CS:Morel

SF:Mervis

Team LOB:8

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Logan PorterC	0	0	0	0	0	0	.381/.480/.476
Jake Means1B	0	0

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Jameson TaillonW	5.0	4	2	2	9	1	40-38	5.40
Mark Leiter Jr.S	1.0	0	0	0	3	0	9-9	1.80
Totals	6.0	4	2	2	12	1	49-47	-

Pitches-strikes:Taillon 40-38; Jr. 9-9

Groundouts-flyouts:Taillon 5-1; Jr. 0-0

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Jordan LylesL	3.2	3	3	3	4	3	1	38-21	3.52

Inherited runners-scored:Willeman 2-0; Pennington 2-0

Pitches-strikes:Lyles 38-21; Willeman 1-1; Chapman 12-8; Pennington 1-1; Bubic 21-13

Groundouts-flyouts:Lyles 3-4; Willeman 0-1; Chapman 0-0; Pennington 0-1; Bubic 0-3