KC 6, CHC 7 | Mar 16, 2024 | The Best Box Score

Saturday, March 16, 2024•Sloan Park•63°F, Sunny

Royals

CHC

Cubs

Final

WIN

Drew Smyly

LOSS

Jordan Lyles

SAVE

Julian Merryweather

The Cubs edged the Royals 7-6 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

★MJ Melendez3 RBI

★Yan Gomes2 HR, 3 RBI

★Seiya Suzuki2 HR, 3 RBI

Key Moment

Top 7: Logan Porter singles on a ground ball to left fielder Cole Roederer. Cam Devanney scores.

Weather: 63°F, SunnyWind: 6 mph, Out To CFFirst pitch: 8:05 PM UTCT: 2:20Att: 12,493Venue: Sloan Park

Win Probability

CHC WinKC Win

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

Game 747937 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
MJ MelendezDH	4	1	2	3	0	1	.367/.486/.733
Logan PorterC	1	0	1	1	0	0	.176/.222/.176
Ryan Fitzgerald2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273/.385/.727
Nate Eaton3B	1	0	0	0	0	1	.304/.360/.696
Tucker BradleyLF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222/.222/.667
CJ Alexander1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.304/.304/.522
River TownRF	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333/.333/.667
Tyler TolbertCF	3	1	1	0	0	1	.227/.280/.318
Brennon McNairPH	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000/.000/.000
Bench
Austin NolaC	2	0	0	0	1	1	.182/.217/.182
Michael Massey2B	4	0	0	0	0	2	.233/.233/.533
Mike Brosseau3B
Totals	31	6	7	6	3	12	-

HR:Melendez (3rd off Smyly, 2 on, 1 out); Devanney (5th off Smyly, 2 on, 1 out)

2B:Tolbert; Rave; Melendez

TB:16

RBI:Melendez 3; Devanney 2; Porter

SB:Tolbert; Devanney

CS:Melendez

GIDP:Mann

Team LOB:3

Chicago Cubs

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Rafael MorelCF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.000/.000
Bradlee BeesleyRF	1	0

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Jordan LylesL	3.0	7	5	5	1	4	54-37	9.00
Alec Marsh	4.0	3	2	2	5	1	59-38	1.93
Sam Long	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	16-10	1.23
Totals	8.0	11	7	7	7	5	129-85	-

Pitches-strikes:Lyles 54-37; Marsh 59-38; Long 16-10

Groundouts-flyouts:Lyles 3-5; Marsh 4-3; Long 0-1

Chicago Cubs

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Drew SmylyW	4.1	4	5	5	1	3	2	73-45	7.71

HR:Suzuki (1st off Lyles, 0 on, 1 out); Bellinger (1st off Lyles, 0 on, 1 out); Gomes (1st off Lyles, 0 on, 1 out); Gomes (3rd off Lyles, 2 on, 1 out); Suzuki (4th off Marsh, 1 on, 2 out)

TB:26

RBI:Gomes 3; Suzuki 3; Bellinger

SB:Suzuki

CS:Long; Bote

Team LOB:3

HBP:Pratto (by Smyly)

Pitches-strikes:Smyly 73-45; Cuas 32-17; Neris 18-15; Alzolay 13-11; Merryweather 18-11

Groundouts-flyouts:Smyly 2-7; Cuas 1-1; Neris 0-1; Alzolay 1-0; Merryweather 0-0

Bench
Nico HoernerSS	4	0	0	0	0	0	.156/.182/.156
Seiya SuzukiRF	3	3	3	3	0	0	.440/.481/.920
Cody BellingerCF	3	1	1	1	0	0	.313/.389/.563
Yan GomesC	3	2	2	3	0	1	.320/.320/.600
Michael Busch1B	3	0	0	0	0	2	.233/.324/.500
Miles Mastrobuoni3B	3	0	1	0	0	1	.265/.297/.412
David Bote2B	3	0	1	0	0	0	.256/.310/.667
Matt MervisDH	3	0	2	0	0	1	.300/.432/.400
Owen CaissieLF	3	1	0	0	0	0	.344/.417/.531
Drew SmylyP							.000/.000/.000
Jose CuasP							.000/.000/.000
Héctor NerisP							.000/.000/.000
Adbert AlzolayP							.000/.000/.000
Julian MerryweatherP							.000/.000/.000