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Chicago Cubs (7-14-1) vs. (9-14-1)

Information © 2016 Media Relations Office March 24, 2016 … Scottsdale Stadium … Spring Game No. 23 RHP (0-0, 1.50) vs. LHP (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. 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 (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 (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 … got the start for Chicago and allowed two Fri, 3/4 Los Angeles (A.L.) W, 3-0 15,446 runs in the fifth 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 … 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) … 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 had two doubles Sat, 3/12 Chicago (A.L.) W, 9-2 15,417 and a RBI … 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, , 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 ” 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 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 , 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 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 .  ’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 ^^-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 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 , 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 , outfielder and pitchers Andury Acevedo and John Lackey were signed as free agents. four-game set at , 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 … 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.

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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. winner, Jake has gone 36-13 with five complete games, four and a 2.26 ERA (110 ER/437.1 IP) in 67 starts for the Cubs since he was acquired from Baltimore in July of 2013 … tabbed by manager Joe Maddon as the Cubs Opening Day starter April 4 at the Angels … will be his second Opening Day start (2012 with Baltimore).  Has gone 56-38 with five complete games, four shutouts and a 3.70 ERA (327 ER/795.1 IP) in 136 career games (130 starts) in six big league seasons with Baltimore (2010-13) and the Cubs (2013-15).  Tossed the 14th no-hitter in Cubs franchise history, August 30, 2015 at the Dodgers.  Has struck out 717 hitters compared to 272 walks in 795.1 career innings, an average of 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings.  Originally selected by the Orioles in the fifth round of the 2007 Draft out of Texas Christian University.

In 2015, Jason went 22-6 with four complete games, three shutouts and a 1.77 ERA (45 ER/229.0 IP) in 33 starts as he captured his first Cy Young Award … the 22 victories led the majors and were the most by a Cub since Fergie Jenkins was 24-13 in 1971 … was Chicago’s first 20-game winner since went 20-6 in 2001.  Logged a miniscule 0.41 ERA (4 ER/88.1 IP) and went 11-0 in 12 starts beginning August 4 through the end of the season ... that is the lowest ERA for any pitcher from August 1 through season’s end since ERA became an official stat.  Recorded a 0.75 ERA (9 ER/107.1 IP) and was 12-1 with two shutouts in 15 starts in the season’s second half ... that is the lowest second-half ERA since the All-Star Game was instituted in 1933.  Became the first major league pitcher ever to finish a season with 20-straight quality starts ... the run, which began June 21, also surpassed the previous Cubs mark of 17-consecutive quality starts by in 1933.  Named the N.L. Pitcher of the Month for August and September/October, becoming the first pitcher to win the award in consecutive months since in 2014. * * * * * Cubs Relievers

#48 BRANDON GOMES: Signed a minor league contract with the Cubs in December #54 NEIL RAMIREZ: Was limited to 19 games in 2015 due to right shoulder of 2015 … has pitched in parts of five seasons (2011-15) with the Tampa Bay Rays, inflammation and abdominal soreness, going 1-0 with a 3.21 ERA (5 ER/14.0 IP). compiling an 11-12 record with one save, 26 holds and a 4.20 ERA (78 ER/167.0 IP)  Missed time on the 15-day disabled list, April 16-June 28 (right shoulder in 173 relief appearances inflammation) and July 29-September 8 (left abdominal soreness).  In 2015 pitched in a career-high 63 games for Tampa Bay, going 2-6 with a  Has made 69 relief appearances with the Cubs, pitching to a 1.87 ERA (12 4.27 ERA (28 ER/59.0 IP) with one save and 16 holds … inherited a team-high ER/57.2 IP) while going 4-3 with three saves and 19 holds. 40 runners, and allowed only eight to score (20 percent).  Made his big league debut in 2014, posting a 1.44 ERA (7 ER/43.2 IP) in 50  Made his major league debut with the Rays in 2011, posting a 2.92 ERA (12 relief appearances … his ERA ranked second-lowest among rookie relievers ER/37.0 IP) in 40 relief appearances and helping the club to a post-season with at least 50 appearances. berth ... pitched three games in the ALDS against the Rangers (7.71 ERA).  Acquired by the Cubs in August of 2013 as the PTBNL in the Matt Garza trade.  Has gone 24-18 with 20 saves and a 3.00 ERA (145 ER/435.2 IP) in 291 career minor league games (18 starts).  Originally selected by the Padres in the 17th round of the 2007 draft … was traded to Tampa Bay in December of 2010.

#52 : Posted a career-best 1.99 ERA (11 ER/49.2 IP) in 62 relief appearances last season ... led Cubs relievers and ranked fifth among all N.L. relievers with 12.14 strikeouts per nine innings.  Held both lefties and righties to a sub-.200 opponent average as lefties batted .140 (8-for-57) and righties batted .197 (23-for-117).  Among N.L relievers with at least 60 appearances, he ranked fourth in opponent average (.178) and ninth in ERA.  Is 8-9 with three saves and a 2.96 ERA (42 ER/127.2 IP) in 145 relief appearances with the Cubs.  Overall has gone 16-17 with three saves and a 4.64 ERA (119 ER/230.2 IP) and 226 strikeouts in 167 career major league games (19 starts) between the Rangers (2012-13) and Cubs (2013-15).