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Chicago Cubs @ Arizona Diamondbacks

2026-03-18 · Spring Training · Day game · Att: 11242 · 95°F, Sunny · Wind 3 mph, Calm · 3:11

Arizona Diamondbacks defeated Chicago Cubs 16–8. Arizona Diamondbacks opened the scoring in the 1st — Nolan Arenado out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Michael Conforto. Corbin Carroll scores. Chicago Cubs took the lead in the 3rd — Jefferson Rojas hits a grand slam (3) to center field. Kevin Alcántara scores. Jonathon Long scores. BJ Murray scores. Arizona Diamondbacks took the lead in the 3rd — Aramis Garcia doubles (1) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Kevin Alcántara. Jordan Lawlar scores. Ildemaro Vargas scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Jefferson Rojas hits a grand slam (3) to center field. Kevin Alcántara scores. Jonathon Long scores. BJ Murray scores — worth 31% in win probability.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	3	0	8	9	3
ARI	1	0	6	7	0	0	2	0	0	16	17	1

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Matt Shaw RF	3	1	1	0	0	0
Jordan Nwogu RF	2	0	0	0	0	0
Miguel Amaya C	3	0	1	1	0	0
Christian Bethancourt C	2	0	1	0	0	0
Michael Conforto LF	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jaylen Palmer LF	1	1	0	0	1	1
Leonel Espinoza CF	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Alcantara CF	4	2	3	2	0	1
Drew Bowser 1B	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jonathon Long 1B	3	2	1	1	1	1
BJ Murray 3B	3	1	0	0	1	2
Jefferson Rojas SS	3	1	1	4	0	0
Ben Cowles SS	1	0	0	0	0	1
Scott Kingery 2B	3	0	1	0	1	0
Angel Cepeda 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0
James Triantos DH	4	0	0	0	0	0

Arizona Diamondbacks — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Danny Serretti DH	3	0	0	0	0	1
Corbin Carroll DH	3	3	1	1	0	0
Ivan Luciano C	2	0	0	0	0	0
Alek Thomas CF	4	1	1	2	0	2
Tim Tawa 2B	2	0	0	0	0	2
Geraldo Perdomo SS	3	1	2	0	0	1
Nolan Arenado 3B	1	1	1	2	1	0
Brady Counsell 3B	2	2	1	0	0	0
Carlos Santana 1B	3	1	2	1	0	1
Ivan Melendez 1B	2	2	1	0	0	0
Jordan Lawlar LF	2	2	1	0	2	0
Alexander Benua LF	1	0	1	2	0	0
Ildemaro Vargas 2B	2	2	1	2	1	0
Jacob Amaya SS	2	0	1	0	0	1
Aramis Garcia C	2	0	1	3	0	0
Jakey Josepha CF	2	0	1	0	0	0
Caleb Roberts RF	1	0	0	0	1	1
Jorge Barrosa RF	3	1	2	2	0	0