With late help from non-roster invitees, the Royals scored twice in the seventh inning and overcame an early deficit to beat the Chicago Cubs 7-6 in front of an announced crowd of 10,213 fans at Surprise Stadium.
The game
The Cubs put up a four-spot on right-hander Wily Peralta in the fifth inning, but the Royals slowly chipped away at the 5-1 deficit. They scored two runs in each of the fifth, sixth and seventh innings to mount a comeback.
Shortstop Alcides Escobar led off the fifth with his first double of the spring and scored when outfielder Jon Jay’s triple rolled into the right-field corner moments later.