Kansas City Royals vs Chicago Cubs

MLB

6-12-1

8-9

Final

8-10

Sloan Park

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

Who won: Cubs 9-8

The Chicago Cubs beat the Kansas City Royals 9-8 on Wednesday, March 11, 2026 at Sloan Park. The Cubs win the series 2-0. The Cubs outscored the Royals 5-0 in the 2nd inning. Pedro Ramirez went 1-for-3 with a home run and 4 RBI for the Cubs. Brett Squires went 1-for-3 with a home run and 2 RBI for the Royals.

Scoring

1st Inning

Thomas tripled to right, Thomas scored on throwing error by second baseman Hoerner.

1-0

2nd Inning

Ramirez homered to right center (387 feet), Kelly scored, Carlson scored and Shaw scored.

1-4

Hoerner homered to left center (395 feet).

1-5

3rd Inning

Squires homered to right center (447 feet), Wilson scored.

3-5

4th Inning

Díaz homered to left.

4-5

Tresh homered to left center.

5-5

7th Inning

Wilson homered to left center (383 feet).

6-5

Bateman reached on infield single to second, Delgado scored.

6-6

Kingery singled to left, Bateman scored.

6-7

8th Inning

Kemp grounded into fielder's choice to third, Pelzer scored, Ricardo out at second.

7-7

9th Inning

Mitchell homered to right (453 feet).

8-7

Kingery reached on infield single to second, Dean scored.

8-8

Halbach doubled to right, Kingery scored.

8-9

Scores shown as KC-CHC.

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