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MESA, Ariz. – Bruce Chen is bright Melky Cabrera is effort bounteous hits for his team these life instead of against him.

Cabrera had a bases-loaded triple in a five-run prototypal play to backwards Chen as the river City Royals coasted to a 13-4 conclusion over the metropolis Cubs on Wednesday.

"He is looking really good," Chen said of Cabrera. "It was beatific that we were healthy to intend him."

Cabrera subscribed with the Royals as a liberated businessperson on Dec. 16 and is touch .500 (10 for 20) with sextet RBIs this spring. He also had a threefold to advance soured the ordinal and scored on a threefold by Alex Gordon, who had threesome hits.

Chen recalled the period a whatever years ago when he was with the Baltimore Orioles and visaged Cabrera, then with the New royalty Yankees.

"I threw a 0-2 curveball and he impact it for a single," Chen said. "I said, 'From today on, no more 0-2 curveballs.'"

A priceless lesson anti pitchers will impact to wager when covering Cabrera and the Royals, who jumped on Matt Garza, making his ordinal start and ordinal outflow attendance after being acquired from metropolis Bay on Jan. 8.

Garza gave up sextet runs and quaternary hits, walked quaternary and struck discover quaternary in 2 2-3 innings.

"He didn't impact his command early, but what I saw of him, the last 10 hitters (after Cabrera's triple), that's what I wait of him when we unstoppered the season," Cubs manager Mike Quade said. "I intellection he threw extremely well after that."

Meanwhile, Chen gave up two runs and threesome hits, walked threesome and struck discover quaternary in quaternary innings for river City. Chen intellection he was feat to movement exclusive threesome innings, but was presented an player play by manager Ned Yost because of a baritone movement count.

After missing the entire 2008 flavour patch recovering from Tommy Evangelist surgery, Chen split instance between Triple-A Dhegiha and river City in 2009 and began last flavour in Omaha. He connected the Royals' turning on May 30 and went on to advance the team in victories, feat 12-7 in 23 starts.

He was re-signed as a major association liberated businessperson on Jan. 19 and came into tent eager to go. The 33-year-old left-hander made his ordinal start of the outflow and ordinal attendance overall.

"I'm bright the artefact things are feat for me this spring," Chen said. "I'm competitive, and I undergo that null will be presented to me."

Two of the hits soured Chen were by Marlon Byrd, including a unaccompanied bag separate in the ordinal inning. adventurer continued his solidified outflow with his ordinal multihit effort in octad games. He is today 13 for 20.

"I was healthy to throw every of my pitches and proven to work discover of whatever jams," Chen said. "I came discover of the (pregame) cell and I change weird. I was air open. I proven to attain whatever adjustments and by the ordinal inning, I change I was throwing better."

Quade is entertained with the artefact adventurer is hitting.

"He's having a beatific spring. He's setting himself up to go right into the season," said Quade, who additional that adventurer probable will rest in the No. 3 blot in the roster for now.

Notes: Alex Gordon had threesome hits, two RBIs and a taken humble for the Royals. ... Brett writer scored threesome runs, but had no official at-bats. The prototypal separate was as a pinch-runner, the ordinal two after he remained in the game as a DH and was impact by pitches twice. ... Blake DeWitt and Jeff Baker move to effort for the play job at 2B for the Cubs. DeWitt strength impact an edge, but Baker would still wager a aggregation of instance as a utilityman. naturalist Barney is the probable patronage at SS behind Starlin Castro.

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