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Chicago Cubs (14-10-3) vs. Cincinnati Reds (9-14-1) March 19, 2018 … Goodyear Ballpark … Spring Game No. 28 LHP Jon Lester (2-1, 1.93) vs. RHP Robert Stephenson (0-2, 9.00) CACTUS LEAGUE SEASON ROLLS ON: The Chicago Cubs tonight travel west to Goodyear to take on the Cincinnati Reds … the Cubs will play 36 games this spring, Cubs 2018 Spring Record including a pair of exhibition contests against Boston in Fort Myers, Fla. to Overall: 14-10-3 .................... *Home: 9-4-3 ..................... Road: 5-6-0 conclude the spring slate. *Includes an 8-3-3 record at Sloan Park … 1-1 record at Cashman Field The Cubs this year are celebrating their 40th-consecutive spring in Mesa, Ariz., the longest active streak in the Cactus League. Upcoming Probable Starters San Francisco is second, as this marks the club’s 38th consecutive spring in Scottsdale, Ariz. Wednesday at Rangers LONG DAY AT THE YARDS: The Cubs yesterday fell to the Royals at Sloan Park, RHP Yu Darvish (2-0, 3.48) vs. TBD 11-9, and dropped an 11-4 result to the Indians at Cashman Field in Las Vegas. In Mesa, Willson Contreras belted his fourth homer of the Spring and Cubs Game-By-Game Schedule/Results knocked in two runs while Albert Almora Jr. was 1-for-3 with two runs scored … Tyler Chatwood got the start and allowed five runs (four earned) DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATT. on seven hits and three walks while striking out six. Fri, 2/23 Milwaukee L, 1-2 4,489 In Las Vegas, Ryan Court drove in two runs and hit his fourth homer of the Sat, 2/24 Texas W, 6-1 14,821 Spring … minor league infielder Yasiel Balaguert was 2-for-2 with two Sun, 2/25 San Francisco W, 12-10 10,186 doubles, a RBI and a run scored … Alec Mills finished the game with 3.0 shutout innings, allowing one hit, walking none and striking out one. Mon, 2/26 Seattle T, 9-9 10,021 Tue, 2/27 Chicago (A.L.) W, 6-5 10,769 THIS AND THAT: In four Cactus League starts, Kyle Hendricks has walked none and struck out 21 in 15.0 frames, holding opponents to a .207 average. Wed, 2/28 Oakland W, 7-5 8,313 Willson Contreras has homered in each of his last three games since Thu, 3/1 Colorado T, 2-2 10,167 March 13. Fri, 3/2 Los Angeles (A.L.) W, 6-4 8,194 Kyle Schwarber has hit safely in his last 10 games since March 3, and has Sat, 3/3 Cincinnati W, 7-4 15,516 reached safely in his last 11 since March 2 … all told, Schwarber has reached base in 14 of his 15 games played, and he’s hitting .378 (14-for- Sun, 3/4 Arizona L, 0-2 13,782 37) with a .477 OBP and a .757 slugging percentage. Mon, 3/5 Colorado W, 5-4 9,294 Peter Bourjos has reached in each of his last nine games since March 6 … Tue, 3/6 Los Angeles (N.L.) W, 9-5 14,479 he’s hitting .423 (11-for-26) in this stretch. Wed, 3/7 Cleveland W, 11-6 9,269 CACTUS LEAGUE LEADERS: Ian Happ is tied for third in the Cactus League with Thu, 3/8 San Diego W, 10-4 12,569 five home runs while his 32 total bases are tied for seventh … Happ is batting .343 Fri, 3/9 Los Angeles (A.L.) W, 6-1 15,481 (12-for-35) with a .425 on-base percentage and a .914 slugging mark. Ryan Court’s five stolen bases are tied for sixth-most in the Cactus League, Sat, 3/10 Chicago (A.L.) T, 4-4 15,508 and his 12 runs scored are tied for third … Mike Freeman’s 18 hits are tied Los Angeles (N.L.) L, 5-6 13,226 for third and his 11 runs scored are tied for fifth … Kris Bryant’s eight walks Sun, 3/11 Oakland L, 2-7 10,029 are tied for ninth. Mon, 3/12 OFF DAY Kyle Hendricks’ 21 strikeouts are tied for third among all Cactus League hurlers (San Francisco’s Madison Bumgarner leads with 27). Tue, 3/13 San Diego L, 5-7 7,768 Chicago’s 4.55 team ERA (120 ER/237.1 IP) is second in the Cactus League San Francisco W, 2-1 **15,849 … Milwaukee leads with a 4.05 team ERA. Wed, 3/14 Kansas City L, 6-7 10,213 ABOUT THE BATS: Chicago owns a .275 batting average (252-for-916), the sixth- Thu, 3/15 Arizona L, 2-3 15,829 highest in the Cactus League while the team’s 154 runs scored ranks fourth. Fri, 3/16 Chicago (A.L.) W, 6-3 13,044 FOR OPENERS: Tonight’s Cubs starter, Jon Lester, is slated to make his seventh Sat, 3/17 Cleveland L, 1-5 15,826 career Opening Day start when the Cubs open their season at the Marlins on Cleveland – Las Vegas W, 11-4 10,651 March 29 … it will mark his third Opening Day start for the Cubs. Sun, 3/18 Kansas City L, 9-11 15,200 Lester toed the rubber on Opening Day for Chicago in both 2015 (vs. the Cardinals) and 2017 (at the Cardinals). Cleveland – Las Vegas L, 4-11 10,774 Mon, 3/19 Cincinnati – Goodyear (6:05 PM)* WHAT LIES AHEAD: The Cubs open their 2018 regular season schedule in just 10 Tue, 3/20 OFF DAY days, on March 29 in Miami against the Marlins … Chicago has nine Spring Training games remaining, including one more split squad day (Saturday night, Wed, 3/21 Texas - Surprise* March 24, at the Mariners and vs. the Rockies). Thu, 3/22 San Francisco - Scottsdale (7:05 PM)+ CAMP BREAKDOWN: The Cubs now have 37 players remaining in major league Fri, 3/23 Milwaukee+ camp, including 18 pitchers (three non-roster invitees), five catchers (three non- Sat, 3/24 Colorado (ss, 7:05 PM)^+ roster), 10 infielders (three non-roster) and four outfielders (one non-roster). Seattle - Peoria (ss, 6:40 PM) NEWCOMERS: Chicago enters the season with 13 new players on the 40-man Sun, 3/25 Kansas City - Surprise (12:05 PM)#+ roster since the conclusion of the 2017 regular season … the Cubs also had 13 Mon, 3/26 Boston – Fort Myers, Fla. (6:05 PM ET)* new players on the 40-man roster entering the 2017 Spring Training campaign. Tue, 3/27 Boston – Fort Myers, Fla. (1:05 PM ET)* Pitchers Dario Alvarez, Tyler Chatwood, Steve Cishek, Yu Darvish, Brandon Morrow, Shae Simmons and Drew Smyly were signed as free agents. +670 The Score … #WGN … ^NBC Sports Chicago … *Cubs.com Pitchers Adbert Alzolay and Oscar De La Cruz, and infielder David Bote, All Games 1:05 p.m. Arizona time unless otherwise noted were promoted from within. **Single-Game Cactus League Attendance Record Pitchers Luke Farrell (via Reds), Cory Mazzoni (via Padres) and Randy Rosario (via Twins) were acquired via waiver claim. 2018 SLOAN PARK CACTUS LEAGUE ATTENDANCE FIGURES NEW COACHES: The Cubs major league coaching staff features five new faces in No. of Games at Sloan Park/Total Attendance ..................... 14/190,348 2018: Jim Hickey (Pitching), Chili Davis (Hitting), Brian Butterfield (Third Base), Average Attendance ..................................................................... 13,596 Will Venable (First Base) and Andy Haines (Assistant Hitting Coach) … Davis and Butterfield held the same positions with Boston last season, while Hickey joins from Tampa Bay … Venable joined the organization in 2017 as a special assistant AGAINST THE REDS: The Cubs and Reds play twice this spring … the teams met at in baseball operations, while Haines served as the club’s minor league hitting Sloan Park on March 3, with Chicago taking the contest by a score of 7-4. coordinator. The clubs first meet in the regular season during a two-game set in Brandon Hyde moves to Bench Coach, a position he previously held in Cincinnati, April 2-3 … strangely, the first three series between the Cubs 2014, before serving as first base coach the past three seasons … Lester and Reds take place in Cincinnati … the teams won’t play at Wrigley Field Strode (Bullpen) enters his team-high 12th season on the staff, while Mike until a three-game set, July 6-8. Borzello (Catching and Strategy) enters his seventh season … Franklin Font (seventh season) and Juan Cabreja (second season) returns as Staff ROAD WARRIORS: The Cubs will open the 2018 campaign with 10-straight road Assistants … Bullpen Catcher Chad Noble returns for his fifth season. games (four in Miami, two in Cincinnati, four in Milwaukee) prior to their home opener, April 9 vs. Pittsburgh … this is the first time in 119 years in which Chicago JOE MADDON AT THE HELM: Joe Maddon begins his fourth season as manager opens a season with at least 10-straight road games … the 1899 Cubs played 12- of the Cubs … has compiled 292 regular season wins and a World Series straight road games to begin the season, a trip in which they went championship in his first three seasons … in his first season with the Cubs, he was 7-5 at Louisville, Cincinnati and St. Louis. named the 2015 N.L. Manager of the Year by the BBWAA. 2018 CACTUS LEAGUE TEAM STATS CUBS ON THE W-L ERA SV IP H R ER HR BB SO MOUND Cubs Pitching 14-10 4.55 5 237.1 232 133 120 40 98 248 Today’s Pitchers AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO Cubs Hitting .275 916 154 252 52 4 37 144 84 239 Cubs Starter — #34 LHP Jon Lester (2-1, 1.93) W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2016 — CUBS 19-5 2.44 32 32 2 0 202.2 154 57 55 21 52 197 2017 — CUBS 13-8 4.33 32 32 1 0 180.2 179 101 87 26 60 180 2018 — CUBS (Spring Training) 2-1 1.93 3 3 0 0 9.1 7 2 2 1 4 9 MAJOR LEAGUE TOTALS 159-92 3.51 349 348 15 4 2184.1 2008 920 853 208 704 2041 A four-time All-Star and three-time World Series Champion, Jon is in his fourth season with Chicago after he signed with the Cubs on December 15, 2014 ..