SURPRISE—Matt Garza was bruised, though certainly not battered.Garza gave up one single in two scoreless innings Friday, then pulled from the Cubs’ 5-4 loss to the Kansas City Royals after he was hit by a liner off the bat of Jeff Francoeur.The ball ricocheted off Garza to shortstop Starlin Castro, who threw out Francoeur at first base. Cubs manager Mike Quade and the trainer rushed to the mound, but Garza shook off the pain and finished the inning by retiring two more hitters.Max Ramirez came in to hit for Garza, who threw 20 strikes in 26 pitches.Garza joked about the timing of his removal.The Cubs jumped out to a 4-0 lead with Tyler Colvin going 3 for 3, including a home run in the first off Bruce Chen and an RBI double in the fifth off Patrick Keating.Royals rookie Eric Hosmer tied it in the sixth with a grand slam off left-hander John Gaub, who walked Alcides Escobar, Mitch Maier and Mike Moustakas to load the bases.Maier singled home Joaquin Arias, who led off the seventh with a single, for the go-ahead run. Maier is 8 for 8 with two walks in his past 10 plate-appearances to raise his average to .667 during spring training.

NOTES—Colvin, normally an OF, played 1B for the first time since he was a sophomore at Clemson. … Garza forget to pack his uniform and instead of his No. 17 wore No. 94. … The Royals have won five of six, while the Cubs have dropped five of their first six games. … Royals DH Alex Gordon went 0 for 3 and struck out twice, and is hitless in nine at-bats. He has drawn five walks and been hit by a pitch.