Chicago Cubs @ Texas Rangers

Spring Training

6-0, 2-0 Away

Final

3-4, 1-2 Home


CHC
TEX

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	2	8	10	0
0	2	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	8	11	1

Cubs Hitting

hitters
V. BrujanSS
D. MachadoSS
J. Turner1B
H. McGeary1B
M. AmayaC
M. BallesterosC
J. NwoguRF
P. ChaversCF
K. AlcantaraRF
A. Cepeda3B
J. TriantosDH
aA. ArmasPH-DH
G. AllenLF
J. EscobarLF
T. JankowskiCF
C. Hernandez2B
G. Workman3B
B. Cowles2B
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
3	0	1	0	0	0	2	.267	.389	.667
1	2	0	0	0	1	0	.625	.750	.625
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.444	.286
2	1	1	3	1	0	1	.500	.500	1.500
3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.538	.917
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	.300	.417	.300
2	0	1	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333
2	1	1	1	0	0	0	.444	.500	.778
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.375	.444	.500
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.231	.214	.308
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.444	.500	1.000
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.333	.000
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.375
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	.600	.500	1.200
2	1	1	2	1	0	1	.294	.316	.647
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.733
38	8	10	7	2	2	9

a-popped out to third for Triantos in the 8th

Batting
2BAmaya (2, Bradford)
3BHernández (1, J. Chavez)
HRWorkman (2, 4th inning off Leiter 1 on, 2 Out); McGeary (1, 7th inning off J. Chavez 2 on, 1 Out)
RBIChavers (4), Nwogu (1), Workman 2 (6), McGeary 3 (4)
2Out RBINwogu, Workman 2
Team LOB5
Team RISP3-11 (Turner 0-1, Machado 0-1, Amaya 0-1, Alcántara 0-1, Chavers 1-1, Nwogu 1-1, Triantos 0-1, Ballesteros 0-1, McGeary 1-2, Cepeda 0-1)

Rangers Hitting

hitters
M. Semien2B
J. Foscue2B
C. SeagerSS
J. OrnelasSS
J. Jung3B
C. Freeman3B
bJ. BiggersPH
J. PedersonDH
aB. CrimPH-DH
A. GarcíaRF
D. HarrisPR-RF
J. Burger1B
A. OrtizPR-1B
K. HigashiokaC
C. JohnsonC
K. PillarCF
C. ThomasPR-CF
L. TaverasLF
A. OsunaLF
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.333
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.231	.286	.385
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.182	.250	.182
2	0	1	1	0	0	0	.273	.273	.364
2	1	1	0	0	1	0	.273	.385	.364
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.300
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.429	1.000
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.100	.182	.400
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.300	.125
3	0	2	0	0	0	0	.357	.400	.357
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.167	.273
2	1	2	0	0	1	0	.364	.417	.636
1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	1.000
2	2	2	6	2	0	0	.500	.500	1.375
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.250	.100
2	1	1	1	1	0	0	.133	.133	.533
2	1	1	0	0	0	1	.273	.357	.273
36	8	11	8	3	2	9

a-grounded to first for Pederson in the 7th

b-grounded to first for Freeman in the 9th

Batting
2BOrnelas (1, Hull)
HRHigashioka 2 (2, 2nd inning off Steele 1 on, 2 Out, 6th inning off Bickford 2 on, 0 Out); Taveras (2, 5th inning off Hollowell 0 on, 0 Out)
RBIHigashioka 6 (7), Taveras (4), Ornelas (3)
2Out RBIHigashioka 2, Ornelas
SFHigashioka
Team LOB4
Team RISP3-6 (Higashioka 1-1, Pillar 0-1, Burger 1-1, Ornelas 1-1, Freeman 0-1, Foscue 0-1)

Baserunning
CSThomas (1, 2nd base by Bickford/Ballesteros)
SBOsuna (2, 2nd base off Bickford/Ballesteros); Harris (1, 2nd base off Bickford/Ballesteros)

Fielding
EFoscue (1, throw)

Cubs Pitching

pitchers
J. Steele
T. Miller
G. Hollowell
P. Bickford
N. Hull
R. Martin
C. Noland
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
3.0	2	2	2	0	2	1	3.60
1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	16.20
1.0	2	1	1	0	2	1	9.00
0.2	4	4	4	1	1	1	13.50
0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
9.0	11	8	8	2	9	3

Rangers Pitching

pitchers
C. Bradford
J. Leiter(B, 1)
J. Chavez
E. Teodo(H, 1)
R. Ahlstrom(H, 1)
S. Armstrong(B, 1)
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
3.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0.00
3.0	2	2	2	0	4	1	3.60
0.2	3	4	4	1	0	1	21.60
0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
1.0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0.00
9.0	10	8	6	2	9	2

Scoring Summary

		CHC	TEX
2nd	Higashioka homered to left (346 feet), Burger scored.	0	2
4th	Workman homered to right (390 feet), Jankowski scored.	2	2
4th	Higashioka hit sacrifice fly to first, Jung scored, Burger to second, A. García to third.	2	3
5th	Taveras homered to right center (409 feet).	2	4
6th	Higashioka homered to left center (428 feet), Harris scored and Ortiz scored.	2	7
6th	Ornelas doubled to right, Osuna scored.	2	8
7th	Chavers singled to right, Hernández scored.	3	8
7th	McGeary homered to left center (373 feet), Chavers scored and Machado scored.	6	8
9th	Ballesteros scored on error, Machado safe at first on throwing error by second baseman Foscue, Machado safe at second on error.	7	8
9th	Nwogu singled to right, Machado scored, Nwogu to second.	8	8

Surprise Stadium

8:05 PM, 28 February 2025

Surprise, Arizona

Attendance: 6,493

Game Time:2:34

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Jonathan Parra
First Base Umpire - Alan Porter
Second Base Umpire - Dan Bellino
Third Base Umpire - Macon Hammond

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	97	65	.599	-	W1
Chicago	92	70	.568	5	W3
Cincinnati	83	79	.512	14	L1
St. Louis	78	84	.481	19	L4
Pittsburgh	71	91	.438	26	L1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Seattle	90	72	.556	-	L3
Houston	87	75	.537	3	W2
Texas	81	81	.500	9	L2
Athletics	76	86	.469	14	L2
Los Angeles	72	90	.444	18	L2

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