www.CubsPressbox.com * [email protected] * 773-404-4191 * 1060 W. Addison St., Chicago, IL 60657 Chicago Cubs (7-14-1) vs. San Francisco Giants (9-14-1) Information © 2016 Chicago Cubs Media Relations Office March 24, 2016 … Scottsdale Stadium … Spring Game No. 23 RHP Jake Arrieta (0-0, 1.50) vs. LHP Madison Bumgarner (0-1, 10.57) QUITE THE MATCHUP IN SCOTTSDALE: The Chicago Cubs today head to Scottsdale to take on the San Francisco Giants as 2015 N.L. Cy Young award Cubs 2016 Spring Record winner Jake Arrieta will start for the Cubs … three-time All-Star and 2014 World Overall: 7-14-1 ......................... Home: 5-5 ......................... Road: 2-9-1 Series MVP Madison Bumgarner toes the rubber for the Giants in a game that will be featured nationally on ESPN. Upcoming Probable Starters Chicago has seven Cactus League games remaining, followed by two exhibition games in Las Vegas against the Mets (March 31-April 1) and Friday vs. Brewers: an exhibition game at the Angels (April 3) before opening the season RHP Jimmy Nelson (1-1, 1.80) vs. LHP Jon Lester (1-0, 5.14) against the Halos on April 4. This marks the Cubs’ 38th-consecutive spring in Mesa, Ariz., the longest Saturday vs. Giants: active streak in the Cactus League. TBD vs. RHP John Lackey (0-1, 5.63) San Francisco is second, as this marks the club’s 36th consecutive spring in Scottsdale, Ariz. Cubs Game-By-Game Schedule/Results The longest streak in the majors is held by Detroit, who has called Lakeland, Fla., their home for the last 71 years. DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATT. Thu, 3/3 Milwaukee L, 1-2 4,279 YESTERDAY IN SURPRISE: The Cubs yesterday fell to the Texas Rangers, 5-0, at Surprise Stadium … Kyle Hendricks got the start for Chicago and allowed two Fri, 3/4 Los Angeles (A.L.) W, 3-0 15,446 runs in the fifth inning after holding Texas off the board through four frames … Sat, 3/5 Cincinnati L, 2-4 15,443 all told, he allowed two runs on seven hits and a walk while striking out five in Sun, 3/6 Arizona L, 3-8 13,151 5.0 innings … Manny Parra (1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO) spun a scoreless sixth while Spencer Patton (1.0 IP, 2 SO) tossed a scoreless seventh. Mon, 3/7 Kansas City L, 2-3 11,937 Chicago was blanked for the second time this spring, both at Surprise Colorado L, 2-4 7,913 Stadium (10-0 loss to the Royals, March 16) … Kyle Schwarber had two Tue, 3/8 Los Angeles (N.L.) L, 3-7 15,313 of Chicago’s five hits yesterday. Wed, 3/9 Cleveland L, 3-5 14,254 FUTURES GAME RECAP: The Cubs prospects yesterday defeated the Rangers Thu, 3/10 Seattle – Peoria L, 8-10 9,226 prospects, 10-7, in the second-annual Futures Game at Surprise Stadium … Dan Fri, 3/11 Cincinnati W, 7-4 15,256 Vogelbach was 2-for-3 with two RBI while Willson Contreras had two doubles Sat, 3/12 Chicago (A.L.) W, 9-2 15,417 and a RBI … Ian Happ and Victor Caratini both went deep for the Cubs. Carl Edwards Jr. tossed a scoreless first inning for Chicago … relievers to Los Angeles (N.L.) L, 5-6 13,120 record scoreless innings included David Berg, Dillon Maples, Sun, 3/13 Oakland T, 3-3 10,040 Daury Torrez and Scott Effross. Mon, 3/14 San Diego L, 2-10 15,318 CHARITABLE CUBS: Cubs wives and girlfriends will be hosting their annual Tue, 3/15 San Diego W, 11-1 7,709 Spring Training garage sale Friday, March 25, to benefit Cubs Charities and Paz Wed, 3/16 Kansas City L, 0-10 11,076 de Cristo Community Center in Mesa. Thu, 3/17 Arizona W, 15-4 15,329 The garage sale will take place behind the left-field berm and will feature “Mystery Baseballs” autographed by current players and alumni as well Fri, 3/18 Chicago (A.L.) L, 2-3 13,130 as bats, helmets, signed jerseys, game-used jerseys, hats, #WeAreGood Sat, 3/19 Cleveland L, 5-10 11,616 T-shirts and more … a piece of the car windshield that Kyle Schwarber Sun, 3/20 Kansas City W, 5-2 ^^15,523 broke during batting practice this Spring Training will be up for auction Mon, 3/21 Off Day … the windshield is signed by Schwarber. Tue, 3/22 Cincinnati W, 9-6 8,144 ABOUT THE LONG BALL: Chicago’s 29 home runs are fifth-most among Cactus Wed, 3/23 Texas L, 0-5 8,915 League teams, trailing the White Sox (34 homers), Indians (32), D-backs (30) and Giants (30) … the Cubs have hit 23 home runs in their last 16 games … 16 Thu, 3/24 San Francisco - Scottsdale (4:05 p.m.)&* players have gone deep for Chicago. Fri, 3/25 Milwaukee ^* Sat, 3/26 San Francisco #+ CAMP BREAKDOWN: The Cubs have 45 players in camp, including 14 non- roster invitees and one player (Zac Rosscup) on the 60-day D.L. … the Sun, 3/27 Seattle ^+ breakdown: 22 pitchers, four catchers, 10 infielders and nine outfielders. Mon, 3/28 Los Angeles (A.L.) - Tempe (1:10 p.m.)* This year’s camp has players from seven countries or commonwealths Tue, 3/29 Oakland ^* represented: the United States, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Japan, Wed, 3/30 Colorado * Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela. Thu, 3/31 New York (N.L.) - Las Vegas (5:05 p.m. local)^* STRONG PERFORMANCES: Cubs catcher Miguel Montero is hitting .421 (8-for- Fri, 4/1 New York (N.L.) - Las Vegas (1:05 p.m. local)#* 19) with a .542 OBP in nine games … he has three runs scored, three doubles, Sat, 4/2 Off Day two home runs, three RBI and five walks compared to two strikeouts. Jason Hammel’s 1.20 ERA ranks second-lowest among Cactus League Sun, 4/3 Los Angeles (A.L.) - Angel Stadium (12:05 p.m. local)+ qualifying pitchers (Corey Kluber, 0.64) … Kyle Hendricks’ 1.89 ERA ranks ^^Single-Game Spring Training Attendance Record fifth. +670 The Score … #WGN … ^CSN … *Cubs.com … &ESPN TV Spencer Patton (7.1 IP) has not allowed a run in Cactus League play thus far … he has walked one and struck out 12 batters. All Games 1:05 p.m. Arizona time unless otherwise noted Munenori Kawasaki is hitting .367 (11-for-30) with a .486 OBP, having reached safely in his last 12 games. 2016 SLOAN PARK ATTENDANCE FIGURES No. of Games at Sloan Park/Total Attendance ..................... 10/149,236 JOE MADDON AT THE HELM: Joe Maddon begins his second season as manager Average Attendance .................................................................... 14,924 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 manager in his first season with Chicago, surpassing Jim Frey’s 96 wins in 1984. The 2016 season marks Maddon’s 42nd year in professional baseball, his 2015 REVIEW: The Cubs in 2015 went 97-65 to grab a wild card spot and 23rd at the major league level and 11th as a major league manager. advance to the postseason for the first time since 2008 … Chicago, who finished Maddon previously managed the Rays for nine years from 2006-14, third in the N.L. Central behind St. Louis and Pittsburgh, defeated the Pirates in leading Tampa Bay to four post-season appearances (2008, 2010, 2011, the Wild Card game and topped the Cardinals in the NLDS, three-games-to-one, 2013) and winning the American League pennant in 2008. before bowing out in the NLCS against the Mets. NEWCOMERS: Chicago enters the season with 12 new players on the 40-man AGAINST THE GIANTS: This is the first Cactus League meeting between the roster since the conclusion of the 2015 season … the Cubs had 11 new players Cubs and Giants … the teams will play again this Saturday at Sloan Park. on the 40-man entering the 2015 Spring Training campaign. The teams play two regular season series this year, totaling seven games … the clubs meet at AT&T Park for three games, May 20-22, then play a Infielder Ben Zobrist, outfielder Jason Heyward and pitchers Andury Acevedo and John Lackey were signed as free agents. four-game set at Wrigley Field, September 1-4. Pitchers Aaron Brooks, Spencer Patton and Adam Warren were acquired SLOAN PARK: The Cubs return for their third season at Sloan Park following 17 via trades … pitcher C.J. Riefenhauser was claimed off waivers. years at HoHoKam Stadium in Mesa (1997-2013) … the club set many Spring Pitcher Pierce Johnson, catcher Willson Contreras and infielders Jeimer Training attendance records last season, averaging 14,828 fans per game. Candelario and Dan Vogelbach were promoted from within. March 24, 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 4-4 2.54 71.0 63 24 20 1 12 65 Cubs Relievers 3-10 5.55 118.1 132 85 73 15 47 111 Totals 7-14 4.42 189.1 195 109 93 16 59 176 Today’s Cubs Starter — #49 RHP Jake Arrieta W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2014 — Tennessee-AA# 1-1 1.26 4 4 0 0 14.1 8 4 2 0 5 11 Daytona-A# 0-0 4.76 1 1 0 0 5.2 5 5 3 3 2 7 CUBS 10-5 2.53 25 25 1 1 156.2 114 46 44 5 41 167 2015 — CUBS 22-6 1.77 33 33 4 3 229.0 150 52 45 10 48 236 2016 — CUBS (Spring Training) 0-0 1.50 2 2 0 0 6.0 2 1 1 0 2 9 MAJOR LEAGUE TOTALS 56-38 3.70 136 130 5 4 795.1 666 348 327 70 272 717 Named the 2015 N.L.