Cubs (16-10-3) vs. (12-14-2) March 22, 2018 … Scottsdale Stadium … Spring Game No. 30 LHP José Quintana (1-0, 1.93) vs. RHP Chris Stratton (0-1, 3.86)

CACTUS LEAGUE SEASON ROLLS ON: The tonight make the short trip to Scottsdale to play the San Francisco Giants … the Cubs will play 36 games Cubs 2018 Spring Record

this spring, including a pair of exhibition contests against Boston in Fort Myers, Overall: 16-10-3 ...... *Home: 9-4-3 ...... Road: 7-6-0 Fla. to conclude the spring slate. *Includes an 8-3-3 record at … 1-1 record at Cashman Field  The Cubs this year are celebrating their 40th-consecutive spring in Mesa, Ariz., the longest active streak in the Cactus League. Upcoming Probable Starters  San Francisco is second, as this marks the club’s 38th consecutive spring in Scottsdale, Ariz. Friday vs. Brewers

A FINE OUTING: Yu Darvish yesterday allowed just one run on three hits while RHP Brandon Woodruff (0-0, 7.04) vs. RHP Tyler Chatwood (3-0, 2.81) walking none and striking out seven in 6.0 innings as the Cubs defeated the Rangers in Surprise, 5-1 … Steve Cishek followed with 1.2 shutout frames while Cubs Game-By-Game Schedule/Results Carl Edwards Jr. finished the game with 1.1 shutout innings. DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATT.  Kris Bryant belted a three-run homer with two outs in the second inning and Kyle Schwarber added a solo shot to start the third … Bryant finished Fri, 2/23 Milwaukee L, 1-2 4,489 2-for-3 with two runs, the homer, three RBI and a walk … Anthony Rizzo Sat, 2/24 Texas W, 6-1 14,821 reached three times, going 2-for-3 and was hit by a pitch. Sun, 2/25 San Francisco W, 12-10 10,186 THIS AND THAT: In four Cactus League starts, Kyle Hendricks has walked none Mon, 2/26 Seattle T, 9-9 10,021 and struck out 21 in 15.0 frames, holding opponents to a .207 average. Tue, 2/27 Chicago (A.L.) W, 6-5 10,769  Willson Contreras has hit safely in each of his last six games since March 6 … he’s hitting .323 (10-for-31) this spring. Wed, 2/28 Oakland W, 7-5 8,313  Kyle Schwarber has hit safely in his last 12 games since March 3, and has Thu, 3/1 Colorado T, 2-2 10,167 reached safely in his last 13 since March 2 … all told, Schwarber has Fri, 3/2 Los Angeles (A.L.) W, 6-4 8,194 reached base in 16 of his 17 games played, and he’s hitting .381 (16-for- Sat, 3/3 Cincinnati W, 7-4 15,516 42) with a .471 OBP and a .786 slugging percentage. Sun, 3/4 Arizona L, 0-2 13,782 CACTUS LEAGUE LEADERS: Ryan Court’s five stolen bases are tied for sixth-most Mon, 3/5 Colorado W, 5-4 9,294 in the Cactus League, and his 12 runs scored are tied for fourth, along with teammate Mike Freeman … Freeman’s 19 hits are tied for fifth. Tue, 3/6 Los Angeles (N.L.) W, 9-5 14,479  Three Cubs pitchers – Tyler Chatwood, Yu Darvish and Jon Lester – are Wed, 3/7 Cleveland W, 11-6 9,269 tied for the Cactus League lead with three wins … Kyle Hendricks’ 21 Thu, 3/8 San Diego W, 10-4 12,569 strikeouts are tied for third while Darvish’s 20 strikeouts are tied for sixth. Fri, 3/9 Los Angeles (A.L.) W, 6-1 15,481  Chicago’s 4.41 team ERA (125 ER/255.1 IP) is second in the Cactus League … Milwaukee leads with a 4.14 team ERA. Sat, 3/10 Chicago (A.L.) T, 4-4 15,508 Los Angeles (N.L.) L, 5-6 13,226 ABOUT THE BATS: Chicago owns a .275 batting average (270-for-981), the seventh-highest in the Cactus League while the team’s 164 runs scored ranks Sun, 3/11 Oakland L, 2-7 10,029 fourth. Mon, 3/12 OFF DAY Tue, 3/13 San Diego L, 5-7 7,768 WHAT LIES AHEAD: The Cubs open their 2018 regular season schedule a week from today, on March 29 in Miami against the Marlins … Chicago has seven Spring San Francisco W, 2-1 **15,849 Training games remaining, including one more split squad day (Saturday night, Wed, 3/14 Kansas City L, 6-7 10,213 March 24, at the Mariners and vs. the Rockies). Thu, 3/15 Arizona L, 2-3 15,829

FREQUENT FLIER MILES: Following Chicago’s game this Sunday in Surprise against Fri, 3/16 Chicago (A.L.) W, 6-3 13,044 the Royals, the Cubs begin a stretch in which they travel over 3,600 miles before Sat, 3/17 Cleveland L, 1-5 15,826 playing a game in Chicago. Cleveland – Las Vegas W, 11-4 10,651  The Cubs will travel roughly 1,975 miles from Phoenix to Ft. Myers to play the Red Sox at JetBlue Park, March 26-27 … from there, the Cubs head Sun, 3/18 Kansas City L, 9-11 15,200 down to Miami for a four-game set to open the regular season before Cleveland – Las Vegas L, 4-11 10,774 flying about 1,125 miles up to Cincinnati for two games … after that, the Mon, 3/19 Cincinnati W, 6-5 8,159 Cubs will head about 250 miles to Chicago for an off day before busing up to Milwaukee for four games (92 miles) … the trek ends when the Cubs Tue, 3/20 OFF DAY head to Chicago for their April 9 home opener. Wed, 3/21 Texas W, 5-1 9,377 Thu, 3/22 San Francisco - Scottsdale (7:05 PM)+ CAMP BREAKDOWN: The Cubs now have 37 players remaining in major league Fri, 3/23 Milwaukee+ camp, including 18 pitchers (three non-roster invitees), five catchers (three non- roster), 10 infielders (three non-roster) and four outfielders (one non-roster). Sat, 3/24 Colorado (ss, 7:05 PM)^+ Seattle - Peoria (ss, 6:40 PM) NEWCOMERS: Chicago enters the season with 13 new players on the 40-man roster since the conclusion of the 2017 regular season … the Cubs also had 13 Sun, 3/25 Kansas City - Surprise (12:05 PM)#+ new players on the 40-man roster entering the 2017 Spring Training campaign. Mon, 3/26 Boston – Fort Myers, Fla. (6:05 PM ET)*  Pitchers Dario Alvarez, Tyler Chatwood, Steve Cishek, Yu Darvish, Brandon Tue, 3/27 Boston – Fort Myers, Fla. (1:05 PM ET)* Morrow, Shae Simmons and Drew Smyly were signed as free agents. +670 The Score … #WGN … ^NBC Sports Chicago … *Cubs.com  Pitchers Adbert Alzolay and Oscar De La Cruz, and infielder David Bote, were promoted from within. All Games 1:05 p.m. Arizona time unless otherwise noted  Pitchers Luke Farrell (via Reds), Cory Mazzoni (via Padres) and Randy **Single-Game Cactus League Attendance Record Rosario (via Twins) were acquired via waiver claim. 2018 SLOAN PARK CACTUS LEAGUE ATTENDANCE FIGURES NEW COACHES: The Cubs major league coaching staff features five new faces in 2018: Jim Hickey (Pitching), Chili Davis (Hitting), Brian Butterfield (Third Base), No. of Games at Sloan Park/Total Attendance ...... 14/190,348 (First Base) and Andy Haines (Assistant Hitting Coach) … Davis and Average Attendance ...... 13,596 Butterfield held the same positions with Boston last season, while Hickey joins from Tampa Bay … Venable joined the organization in 2017 as a special assistant in baseball operations, while Haines served as the club’s minor league hitting AGAINST THE GIANTS: The Cubs and Giants meet three times this spring … the coordinator. Cubs defeated the Giants, 12-10, in Scottsdale on February 25 and on March 13  Brandon Hyde moves to Bench Coach, a position he previously held in defeated San Francisco, 2-1, at Sloan Park. 2014, before serving as first base coach the past three seasons … Lester  The teams play six regular season games, spanning two series: three Strode (Bullpen) enters his team-high 12th season on the staff, while Mike games at , May 25-27, and three games at AT&T Park, July 9- Borzello (Catching and Strategy) enters his seventh season … Franklin Font 11. (seventh season) and Juan Cabreja (second season) returns as Staff Assistants … Bullpen Catcher Chad Noble returns for his fifth season. ROAD WARRIORS: The Cubs will open the 2018 campaign with 10-straight road games (four in Miami, two in Cincinnati, four in Milwaukee) prior to their home JOE MADDON AT THE HELM: Joe Maddon begins his fourth season as manager opener, April 9 vs. Pittsburgh … this is the first time in 119 years in which Chicago of the Cubs … has compiled 292 regular season wins and a World Series opens a season with at least 10-straight road games … the 1899 Cubs played 12- championship in his first three seasons … in his first season with the Cubs, he was straight road games to begin the season, a trip in which they went named the 2015 N.L. Manager of the Year by the BBWAA. 7-5 at Louisville, Cincinnati and St. Louis.

2018 CACTUS LEAGUE TEAM STATS

CUBS ON THE W-L ERA SV IP H R ER HR BB SO MOUND Cubs Pitching 16-10 4.41 6 255.1 248 138 125 41 99 263

Today’s Pitchers AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO Cubs Hitting .275 981 164 270 55 4 39 154 93 262

Cubs Starter — #62 LHP José Quintana (1-0, 1.93)

W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2016 — Chicago (A.L.) 13-12 3.20 32 32 0 0 208.0 192 76 74 22 50 181 2017 — Chicago (A.L.) 4-8 4.49 18 18 0 0 104.1 98 55 52 14 40 109 CUBS 7-3 3.74 14 14 1 1 84.1 72 37 35 9 21 98 2018 — CUBS (Spring Training) 1-0 1.93 3 3 0 0 9.1 7 3 2 1 2 9 MAJOR LEAGUE TOTALS 57-57 3.53 186 183 2 2 1139.2 1107 481 447 108 305 988

José has gone 57-57 with a 3.53 ERA (447 ER/1,139.2 IP) in 186-career major league appearances, all but three as a starter … was acquired from the White Sox, July 13, 2017, for four minor league prospects ... joins teammate Jon Lester as the only lefties to start at least 32 games in each of the last five campaigns  Was named a 2016 A.L. All-Star ... finished 13-12 with a 3.20 ERA (74 ER/208.0 IP) in 32 starts in 2016.  Since the start of the 2013 season, he ranks in the top 10 among all left-handed pitchers in games started (T-1st, 161), innings pitched (3rd, 1,003.1), strikeouts (7th, 907) and wins (10th, 51).  Pitched in the 2017 World Baseball Classic for Colombia ... made one start, allowing one run on just one hit in 5.2 innings pitched.  Signed his first pro contract, April 26, 2006, with the New York Mets as a free agent.

In 2017, he began the season with the White Sox before being traded to the Cubs during the All-Star Break ... after joining the Cubs he went 7-3 with a 3.74 ERA (35 ER/84.1 IP) and a complete game shutout in 14 starts.  Allowed three or fewer earned runs in 11 of his 14 outings with the Northsiders.  Led all Cubs starters after the All-Star Break in strikeouts (98), opponents average (.228), strikeouts per nine innings (10.46) and WHIP (1.10).  Appeared in the postseason for the first time ... overall went 0-1 with a 5.40 ERA (8 ER/13.1 IP) in his four outings (three starts), but six of those runs came in 2.0 innings in NLCS Game Five vs. Los Angeles ... posted no record and a 1.59 ERA (2 ER/11.1 IP) in his other three appearances.

* * * * * Cubs Relievers

#45 RHP ANTHONY BASS: Anthony signed a minor league contract with an #46 RHP PEDRO STROP: Pedro is in his sixth season with the Cubs after he was invitation to major league Spring Training in December of last year ... has gone 5-9 acquired from Baltimore in a four-player deal, July 2, 2013 … his 105 holds are the with three saves and a 4.60 ERA (145 ER/284.0 IP) in 131 major league games (18 most in franchise history, surpassing Carlos Marmol’s 82 holds from 2006-13. starts) across six seasons with San Diego (2011-13), Houston (2014) and Texas  Since joining the Cubs in July of 2013, he has posted a 2.72 ERA (82 ER/271.2 (2015, 2017). IP) with 319 strikeouts and six saves in 301 outings ... his .181 opponent  In 2017, he spent the majority of the season with Triple-A Round Rock ... batting average during that span ranks fourth in the N.L. made two appearances with Texas (April 25 and May 3), posting a 14.29 ERA  Among Cubs relievers all-time with at least 100 games pitched, he ranks third (9 ER/5.2 IP). in opponent average, ERA and strikeouts per nine innings (10.57).  Spent the 2016 season in Japan with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham-Fighters of  In 2017, he went 5-4 with a 2.83 ERA (19 ER/60.1 IP) in 69 games ... became Nippon Professional Baseball (was a teammate of Shohei Otani). the first relief pitcher in franchise history to record an ERA under 3.00 in four-  Named a mid-season All-Star in 2009 (), 2010 (California consecutive seasons ... stranded 27 of 40 inherited runners and retired 50 of League) and 2011 (Texas League). 69 first batters faced.  Originally selected by San Diego in the fifth round of the 2008 draft out of Wayne State University in Detroit, Mich.

#77 LHP RANDY ROSARIO: Randy was claimed off waivers from Minnesota, November 3, 2017 ... spent his first seven seasons in the Twins organization, culminating with his major league debut last season.  Has gone 18-22 with a 3.37 ERA (132 ER/352.2 IP) in 107-career minor league games, 55 as a starter ... in his first major league action last season, he allowed eight runs in 2.1 innings in two appearances.  Originally signed with Minnesota as a non-drafted free agent, August 16, 2010, out of the Dominican Republic.  In 2017, he went 1-0 with a 4.08 ERA (26 ER/57.1 IP) in 32 games with the Chattanooga Lookouts.