Cubs fall to the A's 10-3

The Cubs suffered their third loss of the Spring to the Oakland A's who used a six run 6th inning to power ahead to a 10-3 victory.

Kyle Hendricks started for the Cubs and pitched well in his two innings allowing two hits and striking out one.

Most of the damage was done off Jen-Ho Tseng who gave up six runs on four hits and two walks in two-thirds of an inning. He was already a very fringe candidate to make the roster, but a really poor showing so far in the Spring significantly reduces those odds.

Bullpen candidate Randy Rosario pitched an inning and gave up two home runs, though it is worth noting both home runs were hit by righties, and he has much better numbers against left handed hitters.

On the hitting side Ryan Court continues to make a strong impression, he went 2-3 with two runs batted in after coming in for Ben Zobrist. The Elgin native most likely will start the season in AAA, but could be a useful player in case there is an injury on the big league roster.

Jason Heyward made his return after being scratched the other day for personal reasons and went 1-2. Ben Zobrist made his season debut and went 0-2.

The Cubs will take on the Arizona Diamondbacks tomorrow as Jose Quintana will face off against Robbie Ray.