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Arizona Diamondbacks (3-3-1) vs. (4-2) Information © 2013 Chicago Cubs Media Relations Office March 1, 2013 … HoHoKam Stadium … Spring Game No. 7 RHP (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Jeff Samardzija (1-0, 4.50)

2013 CACTUS LEAGUE SEASON: The Cubs continue their 2013 Cubs 2013 Spring Record Cactus League schedule today when they host the Diamondbacks at HoHoKam Stadium in Mesa … this is Chicago’s Overall: 4-2 ...... Home: 3-1 ...... Road: 1-1 fourth-straight home contest. Upcoming Probable Starters  This marks the Cubs’ 35th-consecutive spring in Mesa, Ariz., the longest active streak in the Cactus League. Saturday at Giants: RHP Carlos Villanueva (0-0, 27.00) vs.  San Francisco is second, as this marks the club’s 33rd- RHP (0-0, 20.25) consecutive spring in Scottsdale, Ariz.  The longest streak in the majors is held by Detroit, who Sunday vs. Brewers: RHP Yovani Gallardo (0-0, 10.13) vs. has called Lakeland, Fla., their home for the last 68 years. RHP (0-0, 0.00)  The Cubs have 62 players in camp, including 22 non-roster Sunday at Angels: RHP Nick Struck (0-0, 4.50) vs. invitees … the breakdown by position: 31 , six RHP Joe Blanton (0-0, 0.00) vs. , 14 infielders and 11 .

Cubs Game-By-Game Schedule/Results CUBS TOP A’S: Chicago yesterday defeated the Athletics, 5-3, at

HoHoKam Stadium … Darnell McDonald and Junior Lake each had DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATT. two hits and drove in a .  Scott Feldman got the start in his Cubs debut Sat, 2/23 @Los Angeles (A.L.) W, 11-2 6,235 … he allowed one run in 2.0 … Carlos Marmol (1.0 IP), Sun, 2/24 San Francisco W, 4-3 7,784 Kyuji Fujikawa (1.0 IP), Hector Rondon (1.0 IP) and Zach Mon, 2/25 @Los Angeles (N.L.) L, 6-7 3,655 Putnam (1.0 IP) all had scoreless relief outings. Tue, 2/26 Colorado W, 4-2 4,021

POWER BROKERS: The Cubs have eight home runs this Spring, Wed, 2/27 Los Angeles (N.L) L, 7-11 4,572 third-most in the Cactus League behind Seattle (14) and Cleveland Thu, 2/28 Oakland W, 5-3 4,037 (10) … conversely, Cubs pitching has allowed just two home runs – Fri, 3/1 Arizona* that’s tied for the fewest in the Cactus League with Colorado. Sat, 3/2 @San Francisco – Scottsdale+

Sun, 3/3 Milwaukee* THIS AND THAT: Javier Baez has hit safely in all four of his games, and is .400 (4-for-10) this Spring … Darnell McDonald has @Los Angeles (A.L.) – Tempe played in all six Cactus League games, tops on the club. Mon, 3/4 Cleveland*  The Cubs are hitting .294 (62-for-211) in Cactus League play, Tue, 3/5 @Colorado – Scottsdale* (1:10 p.m.) 31 points higher than their batting average against (.263/52- Wed 3/6 @Texas – Surprise* for-198). Thu, 3/7 Chicago (A.L.)*

MEN AT WORK: The Cubs are slated to play 39 games this Spring Fri 3/8 @Cincinnati – Goodyear* (7:05 p.m.) Training, including 38 Cactus League games and one exhibition Sat, 3/9 Cleveland+ game against a team, March 15. Sun, 3/10 San Diego*  The 39 games for Chicago are tied for their most in a Spring Mon, 3/11 @Arizona – Scottsdale* (1:10 p.m.) Training since 1952, the first time the Cubs trained in Mesa … Tue, 3/12 OFF DAY the 2009 Cubs also played 39 Spring contests, including one exhibition game against Team Japan, the eventual WBC Wed, 3/13 Colorado* champion … thanks to Ed Hartig for his research assistance. Thu, 3/14 @Los Angeles (N.L.) – Glendale* Fri, 3/15 WBC Team CUBS AT HOHOKAM STADIUM: The 2013 Spring Training @Chicago (A.L.) – Glendale* (12:05 p.m.) schedule marks the 17th, and final, year at HoHoKam Stadium for Chicago … next Spring, the Cubs are slated to move into a new Sat, 3/16 Kansas City# facility and ballpark at the 101 and 202 interchange in Mesa. Texas – Las Vegas+ (1:05 p.m. PT) Sun, 3/17 @Oakland – Phoenix# NEWCOMERS: Chicago enters the season with 13 new players on Texas – Las Vegas+ (1:05 p.m. PT) the 40-man roster since the conclusion of the 2012 season … the Mon, 3/18 @San Diego – Peoria* Cubs had 15 new players on the 40-man entering the 2012 Spring Training campaign. Tue, 3/19 Texas*  Pitchers Trey McNutt and Robert Whitenack, and infielders Wed, 3/20 OFF DAY Logan Watkins and Christian Villanueva, were promoted from Thu, 3/21 @Los Angeles (N.L.) – Tucson within the system. @Seattle – Peoria+ (7:05 p.m.)  Pitchers Scott Baker, Scott Feldman, Kyuji Fujikawa, Edwin Fri, 3/22 @Milwaukee – Maryvale#* Jackson, Carlos Villanueva; ; outfielders and were signed as free Sat, 3/23 Los Angeles (A.L.)+# agents. Sun, 3/24 @Cleveland – Goodyear+  Hector Rondon was claimed off waivers from Cleveland Mon, 3/25 San Francisco^* in the major league portion of the 2012 . Tue, 3/26 Cincinnati* (7:05 p.m.)

Wed, 3/27 @Kansas City – Surprise+ (6:05 p.m.) FOUR ON THE LIST: Four Cubs made Baseball America’s Top- 100 Prospects List that came out this month: infielder Javier Baez is Thu, 3/28 Seattle^* (12:05 p.m.) ranked No. 16 (was No. 61 in 2012), Albert Almora is No. Fri, 3/29 @Houston – Houston* (7:05 p.m. CT)

33, outfielder Jorge Soler is No. 34 and pitcher Arodys Vizcaino is Sat, 3/30 @Houston – Houston* (1:05 p.m. CT) No. 83. +WGN Radio … #WGN-TV … ^CSN … *Cubs.com

AGAINST THE DIAMONDBACKS: The Cubs and D-backs play All Games 1:05 p.m. Arizona time unless otherwise noted twice this Spring … following today’s game, the clubs will meet in 2013 HOHOKAM STADIUM ATTENDANCE FIGURES Scottsdale, March 11.  The Cubs and Diamondbacks play two series during the 2013 No. Of Games At HoHoKam/Total Attendance ...... 4/20,414 regular season … the teams meet for three games at Wrigley Average Attendance ...... 5,104 Field, May 31-June 2, then play four games at , July 22-25. GOING GOLD: tied a major league single-season  The Cubs are 50-61 all-time against Arizona in regular season record and set the N.L. mark with 141-straight errorless games at play … Chicago was 4-5 against the D-backs in 2012 after second base last season, earning him the N.L. . going 4-3 against them in 2011. March 1, 2013 — Page 2

CUBS ON Cubs Starters & Relievers in 2013 Cactus League Play

THE MOUND W-L ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO Spring Training Cubs Starters 2-0 9.31 9.2 14 10 10 0 6 8 Cubs Relievers 2-2 3.32 43.1 38 18 16 2 13 25 Totals 4-2 4.42 53.0 52 28 26 2 19 33

Today’s Cubs Starter — #29 RHP Jeff Samardzija

W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2011 — CUBS 8-4 2.97 75 0 0 0 88.0 64 35 29 5 50 87 2012 — CUBS 9-13 3.81 28 28 1 0 174.2 157 79 74 20 56 180 2013 — CUBS (Spring Training) 1-0 4.50 1 1 0 0 2.0 3 1 1 0 0 2 MAJOR LEAGUE TOTALS 21-22 4.10 156 33 1 0 344.1 312 177 157 36 156 322

Jeff enters his sixth season with the big league club after being selected by the Cubs in the fifth round of the 2005 draft … 2013 will mark his second campaign as a starter after spending the first four professional seasons of his career working out of the Chicago … since 2011, is 17-17 with a 3.53 ERA (103 ER/262.2 IP) in 103 games (28 starts).  Is 21-22 with a , a complete game and a 4.10 ERA (157 ER/344.1 IP) in 156 career games, including 33 starts Game-by-Game In 2013 … has struck out 322 compared to 156 walks. DATE OPP RESULT IP H R ER BB SO PC LEFT  Appeared mostly as a reliever prior to the 2012 season … is 10-6 with a save and a 3.84 ERA (62 ER/145.1 IP) in 123 CACTUS LEAGUE OUTINGS relief appearances. 1. 2/24 SF W, 4-3 2.0 3 1 1 0 2  Tossed 169.2 innings in his first four major league seasons before hurling a career-high 174.2 frames in 2012.  Has held left-handed hitters to a .234 batting average (137-for-586) in five big league campaigns.  An accomplished player on the gridiron, Jeff finished his Notre Dame football career with a school-record 179 receptions, 2,593 receiving yards and 27 receiving touchdowns … in 2006, he was named first team All-America by the Football Writers Association of America.

In 2012, Jeff was 9-13 with a complete game and a 3.81 ERA (74 ER/174.2 IP) in 28 starts … struck out a career-best 180 while walking 56 in his first full season as a starter … made his final start, September 8, and was shut down after reaching 174.2 … held the opposition to a .240 batting average (157-for-654) … the Cubs went 14-14 in his 28 starts.  Led team in games started, innings pitched, quality starts (17), and complete games (one).  Punched out a career-high 11 batters twice: July 2 at Atlanta and August 13 vs. Houston.  Was 4-4 with a 3.22 ERA (28 ER/78.1 IP) in 12 home starts ... was 5-9 with a 4.30 ERA (46 ER/96.1 IP) in 16 road outings.  Tossed his first-career complete game in his final start of the season, a 4-3 victory in Pittsburgh, September 8 ... walked one and struck out nine while throwing a career-high 120 pitches.  His 2.58 ERA (21 ER/73.1 IP) in 11 starts following the All-Star break was over two runs lower than his 4.71 ERA (53 ER/101.1 IP) in 17 starts in the first half.

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Cubs Relievers

#28 RHP MICHAEL BOWDEN: Michael begins his second season with the #40 LHP JAMES RUSSELL: James enters his fourth season with the Cubs, Cubs organization after being acquired from the Boston Sox on April 21, and seventh overall in the organization … has appeared in 198 major league 2012 with Hunter Cervenka for Marlon Byrd and a cash consideration … contests (five starts), going 9-8 with a 4.02 ERA (83 ER/186.0 IP) … has began 2012 on Boston’s roster before being designated for lowered his ERA in each of his first three big league seasons … had a 4.96 assignment, April 15 … produced a 2.95 ERA (12 ER/36.2 IP) with no record ERA in 2010, a 4.12 ERA in 2011 and a 3.25 ERA in 2012. and 29 strikeouts in 30 relief appearances out of the Chicago bullpen … has  Pitched in a career-high 77 games in 2012, good for second among seen major league action in parts of the last five seasons with the Red Sox southpaws … went 7-1 with a 3.25 ERA (25 ER/69.1 (2008-12) and the Cubs (2012). IP) while striking out 55 hitters and issuing 23 free passes.  Concluded the season by tossing 12.0-scoreless innings dating to  Held the opposition scoreless in 60 of his 77 outings … did not walk a September 6 at Washington (11 games). batter in 57 of his games pitched.  Went 3-2 with two saves and a 2.76 ERA (10 ER/32.2 IP) in 23 relief  Selected by the Cubs in the 14th round of the 2007 draft, the lefty is appearances with Triple-A Iowa in 2012 … surrendered just two home 11-16 with a 4.68 ERA (130 ER/250.0 IP) in 71 career minor league runs while striking out 35 and walking 17. games (40 starts).  In 69 career big league games (two starts), Michael has gone 2-2 with  Father, Jeff, pitched for five major league teams between 1983 and a 4.59 ERA (49 ER/96.0 IP) … has walked 39 while striking out 77. 1994.

#54 RHP : Shawn enters his second season with the #59 RHP : Cory joins the Cubs after spending most of the Northsiders after signing a minor league contract with the Cubs on March 2011 and 2012 campaigns with the Yankees … signed a minor league deal 26, 2012 … his 80 relief appearances last season set a career-high and tied in December of 2012 … went 1-1 with a 6.46 ERA (28 ER/39.0 IP) in 39 for the major league lead … went 3-2 with two saves and a 3.59 ERA (31 relief appearances during the 2012 campaign. ER/77.2 IP), striking out 54 while walking 21 … recorded a team-leading  Cory has appeared in 161 games in his major league career, going 11- and career-high 18 holds … enters his 10th major league season after being 6 with a 3.65 ERA (72 ER/177.2 IP) … holds a lower career major drafted in the 16th round of the 1997 draft by San Diego. league ERA than minor league ERA (4.04 ERA in 206 games).  Became just the ninth Cub to reach 80 games pitched in a season …  Made 17 relief appearances during two stints at Triple-A retired 57 of 80 first batters faced while stranding 15 of 22 inherited Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in 2012, going 2-0 with five saves and a 2.27 runners. ERA (8 ER/31.2 IP) … recalled on September 1, and ended the year  Did not allow a run in 10 September relief appearances (9.0 IP). with the Yankees.  Ranks second among major league relievers with 296.0 innings pitched  Has made two-career Opening Day rosters (2009 Dodgers, 2012 since the start of the 2009 season. Yankees) … pitched in the 2008 NLDS against the Cubs, posting no  In 512 career big league appearances, has posted a 28-32 record with record with a 2.45 ERA (1 ER/3.2 IP) in three appearances. 12 saves, a 4.29 ERA (270 ER/566.0 IP) and 389 strikeouts.

#48 RHP : Breaking camp with the major league club for the first time in his career, Rafael went 2-4 with four saves and a 6.39 ERA (27 ER/38.0 IP) in 34 relief appearances for Chicago during the 2012 season … punched out 24 and walked 23 in two stints with the Cubs … will begin his seventh season with the organization after signing as a non-drafted free agent in August of 2004.  Was 2-0 with two saves and a 2.55 ERA (5 ER/17.2 IP) at home compared to a 0-4 record with two saves and a 9.74 ERA (22 ER/20.1 IP) on the road.  Picked up his first-career major league victory, April 23 vs. St. Louis … recorded his first-career save four days later, April 27 at Philadelphia.  Combined to go 1-2 with three saves and a 3.27 ERA (8 ER/22.0 IP) in 20 games between Triple-A Iowa, -A Tennessee and Rookie- League Mesa.