MESA, Arizona — For six innings of what we knew in advance was going to be a seven-inning game, the Cubs pitching staff looked like they were going into the record books.
No hits had been allowed by six Cubs pitchers, most of whom looked pretty good.
With one out in the seventh, Clay Dungan, a Royals sub wearing No. 98, hit a sinking line drive to left field that Michael Hermosillo tried to make a diving catch on; instead, it went by him for a single and a two-base error. The next hitter, Edward Olivares, homered off Jake Jewell, but the Cubs won the game anyway 3-2.