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www.CubsPressbox.com * [email protected] * 773-404-4191 * 1060 W. Addison St., Chicago, IL 60657 Chicago Cubs (7-13-1) vs. Texas Rangers (11-10-1) Information © 2016 Chicago Cubs Media Relations Office March 23, 2016 … Surprise Stadium … Spring Game No. 22 RHP Kyle Hendricks (0-1, 1.29) vs. LHP Derek Holland (2-1, 3.75) HEADING TO SURPRISE: The Chicago Cubs, winners of their last two games, head to Surprise Stadium to take on the Texas Rangers … Chicago has eight Cubs 2016 Spring Record Cactus League games remaining, followed by two exhibition games in Las Vegas Overall: 7-13-1 ......................... Home: 5-5 ......................... Road: 2-8-1 against the Mets (March 31-April 1) and an exhibition game at the Angels (April 3) before opening the season against the Halos on April 4. Upcoming Probable Starters This marks the Cubs’ 38th-consecutive spring in Mesa, Ariz., the longest active streak in the Cactus League. Thursday at Giants (4:05 p.m.): San Francisco is second, as this marks the club’s 36th consecutive RHP Jake Arrieta (0-0, 1.50) vs. TBD spring in Scottsdale, Ariz. The longest streak in the majors is held by Detroit, who has called Friday vs. Brewers: Lakeland, Fla., their home for the last 71 years. RHP Jimmy Nelson (1-1, 1.80) vs. LHP Jon Lester (1-0, 5.14) GOOD DAY IN GOODYEAR: The Cubs yesterday defeated the Cincinnati Reds, 9- Cubs Game-By-Game Schedule/Results 6, at Goodyear Ballpark … Anthony Rizzo and Tim Federowicz both hit two-run homers as 10 Cubs recorded hits. DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATT. Jason Hammel allowed two runs (one earned) on three hits and one Thu, 3/3 Milwaukee L, 1-2 4,279 walk while striking out three in 5.0 innings … he has a 1.20 spring ERA and has limited opponents to a .208 average. Fri, 3/4 Los Angeles (A.L.) W, 3-0 15,446 Trevor Cahill picked up the save with 2.0 scoreless innings after Jean Sat, 3/5 Cincinnati L, 2-4 15,443 Machi tossed a scoreless seventh to earn the win. Sun, 3/6 Arizona L, 3-8 13,151 FUTURES GAME: Following today’s Cubs-Rangers Cactus League game in Mon, 3/7 Kansas City L, 2-3 11,937 Surprise, the organizations will hold the second-annual Futures Game in which Colorado L, 2-4 7,913 the organizations’ best prospects and young players will again showcase their Tue, 3/8 Los Angeles (N.L.) L, 3-7 15,313 talents. The Futures Game will begin approximately 30 minutes after the Wed, 3/9 Cleveland L, 3-5 14,254 completion of the Cubs-Rangers game … one ticket will give a fan access Thu, 3/10 Seattle – Peoria L, 8-10 9,226 to both games, and each team will receive a charitable donation as part Fri, 3/11 Cincinnati W, 7-4 15,256 of the Futures Game endeavor. Sat, 3/12 Chicago (A.L.) W, 9-2 15,417 HENDRICKS ON THE BUMP: Kyle enters the 2016 regular season having walked Los Angeles (N.L.) L, 5-6 13,120 three or fewer in each of his first 45 career starts, the longest stretch by a Cubs Sun, 3/13 Oakland T, 3-3 10,040 starter to begin his career since at least 1914. Mon, 3/14 San Diego L, 2-10 15,318 ABOUT THE LONG BALL: Chicago’s 29 home runs are second-most among Tue, 3/15 San Diego W, 11-1 7,709 Cactus League teams, trailing only the White Sox (33 homers) … the Cubs have Wed, 3/16 Kansas City L, 0-10 11,076 hit 23 home runs in their last 15 games … 16 players have gone deep for Chicago. Thu, 3/17 Arizona W, 15-4 15,329 John Andreoli’s four homers this spring are tied for fourth-most in the Fri, 3/18 Chicago (A.L.) L, 2-3 13,130 Cactus League. Sat, 3/19 Cleveland L, 5-10 11,616 CAMP BREAKDOWN: The Cubs have 45 players in camp, including 14 non- Sun, 3/20 Kansas City W, 5-2 ^^15,523 roster invitees and one player (Zac Rosscup) on the 60-day D.L. … the Mon, 3/21 Off Day breakdown: 22 pitchers, four catchers, 10 infielders and nine outfielders. Tue, 3/22 Cincinnati W, 9-6 8,144 This year’s camp has players from seven countries or commonwealths Wed, 3/23 Texas - Surprise^* represented: the United States, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Japan, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela. Thu, 3/24 San Francisco - Scottsdale (4:05 p.m.)&* Fri, 3/25 Milwaukee ^* STRONG PERFORMANCES: Cubs catcher Miguel Montero is hitting .421 (8-for- Sat, 3/26 San Francisco #+ 19) with a .542 OBP in nine games … he has three runs scored, three doubles, two home runs, three RBI and five walks compared to two strikeouts. Sun, 3/27 Seattle ^+ Jason Hammel’s 1.20 ERA ranks third-lowest among Cactus League Mon, 3/28 Los Angeles (A.L.) - Tempe (1:10 p.m.)* qualifying pitchers while today’s starter, Kyle Hendricks, is fourth with a Tue, 3/29 Oakland ^* 1.29 ERA … Hendricks has limited opponents to a .146 batting average this spring. Wed, 3/30 Colorado * Spencer Patton (6.1 IP) has not allowed a run in Cactus League play thus Thu, 3/31 New York (N.L.) - Las Vegas (5:05 p.m. local)^* far … he has walked one and struck out 10 batters. Fri, 4/1 New York (N.L.) - Las Vegas (1:05 p.m. local)#* Munenori Kawasaki is hitting .370 (10-for-27) with a .485 OBP, having Sat, 4/2 Off Day reached safely in his last 11 games. Sun, 4/3 Los Angeles (A.L.) - Angel Stadium (12:05 p.m. local)+ JOE MADDON AT THE HELM: Joe Maddon begins his second season as manager ^^Single-Game Spring Training Attendance Record of the Cubs after he was named the 2015 N.L. Manager of the Year by the BBWAA … Maddon led the Cubs to 97 victories last season, the most for a +670 The Score … #WGN … ^CSN … *Cubs.com … &ESPN TV manager in his first season with Chicago, surpassing Jim Frey’s 96 wins in 1984. All Games 1:05 p.m. Arizona time unless otherwise noted The 2016 season marks Maddon’s 42nd year in professional baseball, his 23rd at the major league level and 11th as a major league manager. 2016 SLOAN PARK ATTENDANCE FIGURES Maddon previously managed the Rays for nine years from 2006-14, No. of Games at Sloan Park/Total Attendance ..................... 10/149,236 leading Tampa Bay to four post-season appearances (2008, 2010, 2011, Average Attendance .................................................................... 14,924 2013) and winning the American League pennant in 2008. NEWCOMERS: Chicago enters the season with 12 new players on the 40-man AGAINST THE RANGERS: This is the lone spring meeting between the Cubs and roster since the conclusion of the 2015 season … the Cubs had 11 new players Rangers … the teams will meet for three regular season games at Wrigley Field, on the 40-man entering the 2015 Spring Training campaign. July 15-17, to start the season’s second half. Infielder Ben Zobrist, outfielder Jason Heyward and pitchers Andury The Cubs are 6-6 all-time against the Rangers in interleague play, Acevedo and John Lackey were signed as free agents. including a 3-3 mark at the Friendly Confines … Texas last visited Wrigley Pitchers Aaron Brooks, Spencer Patton and Adam Warren were acquired Field in 2013 as Chicago won two-of-three games. via trades … pitcher C.J. Riefenhauser was claimed off waivers. Pitcher Pierce Johnson, catcher Willson Contreras and infielders Jeimer SLOAN PARK: The Cubs return for their third season at Sloan Park following 17 Candelario and Dan Vogelbach were promoted from within. years at HoHoKam Stadium in Mesa (1997-2013) … the club set many Spring Training attendance records last season, averaging 14,828 fans per game. 2015 REVIEW: The Cubs in 2015 went 97-65 to grab a wild card spot and Sloan Park owns the top-10 single-game Spring Training attendance advance to the postseason for the first time since 2008 … Chicago, who finished marks, including the record of 15,523 set March 20 vs. the Royals. third in the N.L. Central behind St. Louis and Pittsburgh, defeated the Pirates in the Wild Card game and topped the Cardinals in the NLDS, three-games-to-one, CUBS MEDIA GUIDE: The 2016 Cubs Media Guide is available online at before bowing out in the NLCS against the Mets. www.cubspressbox.com and mlbpressbox.com. March 23, 2016 — Page 2 CUBS ON Cubs Starters & Relievers in 2016 Cactus League Play THE MOUND W-L ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO Spring Training Cubs Starters 4-3 2.45 66.0 56 22 18 1 11 60 Cubs Relievers 3-10 5.62 115.1 129 82 72 15 47 107 Totals 7-13 4.47 181.1 185 104 90 15 58 167 Today’s Cubs Starter — #28 RHP Kyle Hendricks W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2014 — Iowa-AAA 10-5 3.59 17 17 0 0 102.2 98 46 41 5 23 97 CUBS 7-2 2.46 13 13 0 0 80.1 72 24 22 4 15 47 2015 — CUBS 8-7 3.95 32 32 1 1 180.0 166 82 79 17 43 167 2016 — CUBS (Spring Training) 0-1 1.29 3 2 0 0 14.0 7 2 2 0 1 14 MAJOR LEAGUE TOTALS 15-9 3.49 45 45 1 1 260.1 238 106 101 21 58 214 Kyle has gone 15-9 with a 3.49 ERA (101 ER/260.1 IP) in 45 starts for Chicago since making his major league debut in 2014 … is in his fourth full season in the Cubs organization since being acquired from Texas in July of 2012 in the Ryan Dempster trade.