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Chicago Cubs (7-9-4) vs. Chicago White Sox (11-8-1) March 17, 2017 … Camelback Ranch … Spring Game No. 21 RHP Duane Underwood Jr. (0-0, 0.00) vs. LHP Derek Holland (1-0, 3.18) 2017 CACTUS LEAGUE SEASON: The Chicago Cubs today celebrate St. Patty’s Day with a matinee against the Chicago White Sox in Glendale … Chicago has 17 Cubs 2017 Spring Record Cactus League/exhibition games remaining before opening the regular season Overall: 7-9-4 ......................... Home: 3-4-3 ...................... Road: 4-5-1 in St. Louis on April 2. This marks the Cubs’ 39th-consecutive spring in Mesa, Ariz., the longest Upcoming Probable Starters active streak in the Cactus League. San Francisco is second, as this marks the club’s 37th consecutive Saturday vs. Team Japan: spring in Scottsdale, Ariz. TBD vs. RHP John Lackey (1-0, 3.00) OPEN AND SHUT CASE: Five Cubs pitchers yesterday combined to shut out the Saturday at Brewers: Los Angeles Dodgers, 4-0, in Glendale … Eddie Butler improved to 4-0 this spring RHP Jake Buchanan (0-1, 4.26) vs. RHP Junior Guerra (2-0, 1.80) with 4.0 shutout innings, allowing one hit, walking none and striking out four … Justin Grimm (1.0 IP), David Rollins (1.0 IP), Jim Henderson (1.0 IP) and Caleb Sunday vs. Royals (7:05 p.m.): Smith (2.0 IP, SV) combined for 5.0 shutout frames from the bullpen. RHP Ian Kennedy (1-0, 0.00) vs. LHP Mike Montgomery (0-1, 3.86) Matt Szczur was 1-for-3 with a RBI, and Chris Dominguez, Jacob Hannemann and Bijan Rademacher also drove in runs in the victory. Cubs Game-By-Game Schedule/Results WBC HAPPENINGS: Puerto Rico and Cubs infielder Javier Baez tonight play DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATT. Team USA in the second round of the WBC in San Diego … Baez is hitting .294 Sat, 2/25 Oakland W, 4-3 14,929 (5-for-17) with a double, homer and five RBI for Puerto Rico. San Francisco – Scottsdale L, 6-8 11,515 CURRENT EVENTS: Jake Arrieta today starts for the Triple-A Iowa squad in a Sun, 2/26 Cleveland T, 1-1 15,388 minor league game at 1 p.m. … he’ll take on Triple-A Salt Lake, an affiliate of the Mon, 2/27 Chicago (A.L.) T, 4-4 14,621 Los Angeles Angels. Tue, 2/28 Los Angeles (A.L.) L, 5-7 12,688 FUN WITH NUMBERS: Eddie Butler leads the Cactus League with four victories Wed, 3/1 Kansas City – Surprise W, 7-3 7,593 … Ian Happ’s 15 hits are tied for third-most in the Cactus League while his 28 total bases are tied for fourth. Thu, 3/2 Cincinnati – Goodyear L, 2-6 6,722 The Cubs 25 home runs are fourth-most in the Cactus League, trailing Arizona – Scottsdale L, 1-3 13,309 Milwaukee (30), Colorado (27) and Kansas City (27). Fri, 3/3 Cincinnati L, 4-8 15,037 CAMP BREAKDOWN: The Cubs have 50 players in camp, including 14 non- Sat, 3/4 Los Angeles (N.L.) W, 9-3 15,438 roster invitees … the breakdown by position: 24 pitchers (four non-roster), six Sun, 3/5 Texas – Surprise T, 9-9 11,048 catchers (two non-roster), 12 infielders (five non-roster) and eight outfielders Mon, 3/6 Los Angeles (A.L.) – Tempe W, 13-10 7,384 (three non-roster). Tue, 3/7 WBC Team Italy L, 7-8 10,762 Chicago has its top selections in the 2011 (Javier Baez), 2012 (Albert Almora Jr.), 2013 (Kris Bryant), 2014 (Kyle Schwarber) and 2015 (Ian Wed, 3/8 OFF DAY Happ) drafts in camp. Thu, 3/9 Seattle L, 6-8 15,107 This year’s camp has players from seven countries or commonwealths Fri, 3/10 Seattle – Peoria L, 10-11 12,201 represented: the United States, Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Japan, Puerto Rico and Venezuela. Sat, 3/11 Colorado W, 4-3 15,501 Sun, 3/12 Oakland – Mesa L, 8-9 10,606 JOE MADDON AT THE HELM: Joe Maddon begins his third season as manager Mon, 3/13 San Diego – Peoria W, 3-1 11,194 of the Cubs after last season leading Chicago to its first World Series title in 108 years … in his first season with the Cubs, he was named the 2015 N.L. Manager Tue, 3/14 Milwaukee T, 7-7 15,478 of the Year by the BBWAA. Wed, 3/15 Arizona L, 3-7 15,404 The 2017 campaign marks Maddon’s 43rd season in professional Thu, 3/16 Los Angeles (N.L.) – Glendale W, 4-0 13,108 baseball, his 24th at the major league level and 12th as a major league manager. Fri, 3/17 Chicago (A.L.) – Glendale (12:05 p.m.)* Maddon previously managed the Rays for nine years from 2006-14, Sat, 3/18 Team Japan* leading Tampa Bay to four post-season appearances (2008, 2010, 2011, Milwaukee – Maryvale+ 2013) and winning the American League pennant in 2008. Sun, 3/19 Kansas City (7:05 p.m.)^+ ABOUT THE COACHING STAFF: The Cubs return the same coaching staff from Mon, 3/20 Colorado – Scottsdale (1:10 p.m.)* the last two seasons, with bench coach Dave Martinez and hitting coach John Tue, 3/21 OFF DAY Mallee beginning their third seasons with the Cubs … pitching coach Chris Bosio starts his sixth year with the club. Wed, 3/22 Cincinnati – Goodyear (6:05 p.m.)^+ Brandon Hyde handles first base coaching duties for a third-straight Thu, 3/23 Arizona – Scottsdale* (1:10 p.m.) season while third-base coach Gary Jones returns for his fourth season Fri, 3/24 Cleveland* … Lester Strode enters his 11th season as the team’s bullpen coach … Sat, 3/25 Cincinnati (Cashman Field, Las Vegas, 1:05 PT)^+ Mike Borzello is in his sixth year with the team as the catching and strategy coach. Colorado – Scottsdale (1:10 p.m.)* Eric Hinske is in his fourth year on the Cubs coaching staff, his third as Sun, 3/26 San Diego* assistant hitting coach … Henry Blanco is in his third year as a quality Cincinnati (Cashman Field, Las Vegas, 1:05 PT)#+ assurance coach, Franklin Font is in his sixth season as a staff assistant Mon, 3/27 Cleveland – Goodyear (6:05 p.m.)+ and Chad Noble is in his fourth season as the bullpen catcher. Tue, 3/28 San Francisco^* NEWCOMERS: Chicago enters the season with 13 new players on the 40-man Wed, 3/29 Oakland* roster since the conclusion of the 2016 season … the Cubs also had 13 new players on the 40-man entering the 2016 Spring Training campaign. Thu, 3/30 Houston (Minute Maid Park, 7:10 p.m. CT)#* Pitchers Brett Anderson, Brian Duensing and Koji Uehara, as well as Fri, 3/31 Houston (Minute Maid Park, 1:10 p.m. CT)^* outfielder Jon Jay, were signed as free agents. +670 The Score … #WGN … ^CSN … *Cubs.com Pitchers Eddie Butler, Wade Davis, Alec Mills and Caleb Smith were acquired via trades. All Games 1:05 p.m. Arizona time unless otherwise noted Pitchers Jack Leathersich, José Rosario and Duane Underwood, catcher March 7 vs. Italy & March 18 vs. Team Japan do not count towards Victor Caratini and outfielder Jacob Hannemann were promoted from Cactus League stats nor attendance totals within. 2017 SLOAN PARK CACTUS LEAGUE ATTENDANCE FIGURES 2016 REVIEW: The Cubs in 2016 won their third World Series in franchise history, and their first since winning consecutive titles in 1907 and 1908, when No. of Games at Sloan Park/Total Attendance ..................... 10/149,591 they defeated the Cleveland Indians in the Fall Classic, four-games-to-three … Average Attendance ..................................................................... 14,959 the N.L. Pennant was Chicago’s first since 1945 … Chicago dispatched of the San Francisco Giants in the NLDS, 3-1, before they beat the Los Angeles AGAINST THE WHITE SOX: This is the second and final Cactus League meeting Dodgers, 4-2, in the NLCS. between the Cubs and White Sox … the teams played to a 4-4 tie at Sloan Park on February 27. SLOAN PARK: The Cubs return for their fourth season at Sloan Park following 17 The teams will play four games during the regular season, playing twice years at HoHoKam Stadium in Mesa (1997-2013) … the club set numerous at Wrigley Field on July 24-25 before heading crosstown to Guaranteed Spring Training attendance marks last season, averaging 15,078 fans per game. Rate Field for two more contests, July 26-27. CUBS ON Cubs Starters & Relievers in 2017 Cactus League Play THE MOUND W-L ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO Spring Training Cubs Starters 3-3 3.82 45.2 45 20 18 4 10 42 Cubs Relievers 4-6 6.09 129.2 156 91 85 16 56 102 Totals 7-9 5.29 175.1 201 111 103 20 66 144 Today’s Cubs Starter — #74 RHP Duane Underwood Jr. W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2015 — Myrtle Beach-A 6-3 2.58 14 14 0 0 73.1 52 26 21 6 24 48 Mesa-R 0-0 0.00 2 2 0 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 0 6 2016 — Tennessee-AA 0-5 4.91 13 13 1 0 58.2 66 34 32 7 31 46 Mesa-R 0-0 0.00 1 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 South Bend-A 0-1 2.08 3 3 0 0 8.2 5 2 2 0 4 12 Myrtle Beach-A 0-0 1.93 1 1 0 0 4.2 3 1 1 0 0 2 MINOR LEAGUE TOTALS 15-18 3.40 75 71 1 0 315.0 284 150 119 28 128 243 The Cubs second round pick in the 2012 Draft, Duane is a non-roster invitee to Spring Training for the second-straight season ..