Field Level Media
26 Mar 2025, 12:32 GMT+10
(Photo credit: Angelina Alcantar/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK)
Haydn McGeary blasted a two-run home run in the eighth inning to break a tie and send the host Chicago Cubs to a 4-2 win over the Atlanta Braves in their spring training finale in Mesa, Ariz.
Dansby Swanson went 2-for-2 with an RBI double and Carter Trice also had two hits for the Cubs. Trice hit an RBI single in the fifth to knot the game at 2-2 and he singled ahead of McGeary's homer.
Cubs starter Ben Brown went 4 1/3 innings and struck out four while scattering six hits and two runs. Samuel Armstrong (1-0) fanned six with just one hit in four scoreless innings.
Bryan De La Cruz hit a two-run homer to supply Atlanta's runs. Shay Schanaman (0-1) gave up the go-ahead homer to McGeary.
Twins 5, Rockies 3
Kyler Fedko and Jeferson Morales hit back-to-back RBI singles to break a 3-3 tie and host Minnesota went on to beat Colorado in Fort Myers, Fla.
Trevor Larnach hit a two-run homer for the Twins, whose starter Chris Paddack struck out five and yielded two runs on two hits and two walks in 3 1/3 innings.
Hunter Goodman had a two-run blast for the Rockies. Starter German Marquez lasted 4 2/3 innings and gave up three runs on six hits.
Marlins 4, Yankees 2
Matt Mervis and Graham Pauley went deep to deliver Miami a win over New York in an exhibition game at the Marlins' home ballpark.
Max Meyer (1-2) struck out three and gave up five hits and two runs (one earned) in a five-inning start for the Marlins. Four relief pitchers threw a hitless inning apiece.
Cody Bellinger provided the Yankees' runs by hitting a solo homer in the first inning and coming home on a throwing error in the fourth. Will Warren (4-1) struck out six but gave up four runs on five hits and two walks in 3 2/3 innings.
Royals 3, Rangers 1
Salvador Perez hit a tiebreaking two-run shot in the fourth and Kansas City defeated host Texas in an exhibition in Arlington, Texas.
Perez accounted for all three Royals RBIs as he drove in Michael Massey on a first-inning single. Massey joined Perez in going 2-for-2. Starter Kris Bubic (2-1) fanned eight in five innings and gave up one run and five hits.
Jonah Heim doubled in a run for the Rangers. Jacob deGrom (1-2) gave up all three Royals runs on four hits and a walk in four innings.
Guardians 3, Diamondbacks 2
Will Wilson doubled in the top of the ninth to plate Jorge Burgos with the go-ahead run and push Cleveland past Arizona in Phoenix.
Kyle Manzardo hit a solo shot for the Guardians. Luis Ortiz pitched four innings and scattered two runs and five hits, and five relief pitchers followed with a hitless inning apiece.
Josh Naylor had an RBI single for the Diamondbacks. Brandon Bielak gave up two runs over 3 2/3 innings.
--Field Level Media
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