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Cleveland Guardians @ Chicago Cubs

2026-02-27 · Spring Training · Day game · Att: 11217 · 86°F, Sunny · Wind 5 mph, L To R · 2:45

Chicago Cubs defeated Cleveland Guardians 8–6. Chicago Cubs opened the scoring in the 1st — Dansby Swanson homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. Nico Hoerner scores. Cleveland Guardians took the lead in the 7th — Jonah Advincula doubles (1) on a ground ball to right fielder Justin Dean. Dean Curley scores. Maick Collado scores. Joe Lampe scores. Chicago Cubs took the lead in the 8th — Leonel Espinoza singles on a ground ball to left fielder Jonah Advincula. Pedro Ramírez scores. BJ Murray scores. Ariel Armas to 3rd. Leonel Espinoza to 2nd. Throwing error by left fielder Jonah Advincula. The game's biggest swing came in the 8th: Leonel Espinoza singles on a ground ball to left fielder Jonah Advincula. Pedro Ramírez scores. BJ Murray scores. Ariel Armas to 3rd. Leonel Espinoza to 2nd. Throwing error by left fielder Jonah Advincula — worth 50% in win probability.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	6	8	1
CHN	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	8	9

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dayan Frias 2B	1	0	0	1	1	0
Brayan Rocchio 2B	3	0	1	0	0	0
Cooper Ingle C	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bo Naylor C	4	0	1	1	0	0
Rhys Hoskins DH	2	0	0	0	1	2
Jacob Cozart DH	1	1	0	0	0	1
Dean Curley 3B	1	1	0	0	0	0
Daniel Schneemann 3B	3	0	1	0	0	1
Gabriel Arias SS	2	0	0	0	0	2
Milan Tolentino SS	2	0	0	0	0	1
Maick Collado 1B	2	1	1	1	0	0
C. J. Kayfus 1B	2	0	0	0	0	2
Joe Lampe RF	1	2	1	0	1	0
Johnathan Rodriguez RF	2	0	0	0	0	0
Angel Martinez CF	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jaison Chourio CF	2	0	0	0	0	2
Kahlil Watson LF	2	0	1	0	0	0
Jonah Advincula LF	2	1	2	3	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Justin Dean CF	3	0	0	0	0	3
Nico Hoerner 2B	1	1	0	0	1	0
Pedro Ramírez 3B	0	2	0	0	1	0
Alex Bregman 3B	3	0	2	0	0	0
James Triantos 2B	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ian Happ LF	2	0	0	0	0	0
Dansby Swanson SS	3	1	2	3	0	1
BJ Murray 1B	0	1	0	0	1	0
Ariel Armas C	0	1	0	0	1	0
Michael Busch 1B	3	0	0	0	0	2
Scott Kingery LF	2	1	1	1	0	1
Matt Shaw RF	2	0	1	0	0	0
Pete Crow-Armstrong CF	3	0	0	0	0	1
Leonel Espinoza RF	1	1	1	2	0	0
Jefferson Rojas SS	2	0	1	2	0	0
Miguel Amaya C	2	0	0	0	0	0
Dylan Carlson DH	2	0	1	0	1	1
Casey Opitz DH	0	0	0	0	1	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Jack Leftwich	0.1	0	0	0	0	1
Jay Driver	0.2	2	1	1	1	2
Hunter Gaddis	1.0	0	0	0	0	2
Jake Miller	0.1	0	3	3	3	0
Logan Allen	3.0	3	2	2	2	2
Parker Messick	2.2	4	2	2	0	2

Chicago Cubs — pitching