Colorado Rockies (2-4) Vs. Chicago Cubs (4-1-1) March 1, 2018 … Sloan Park … Spring Game No
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Colorado Rockies (2-4) vs. Chicago Cubs (4-1-1) March 1, 2018 … Sloan Park … Spring Game No. 7 RHP German Marquez (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Alec Mills (0-0, 0.00) 2018 CACTUS LEAGUE SEASON: The Chicago Cubs, unbeaten in their last five games, today continue the 2018 Cactus League schedule as they host the Cubs 2018 Spring Record Colorado Rockies at Sloan Park … the Cubs will play 36 games this spring, Overall: 4-1-1 ......................... Home: 3-0-1 ...................... Road: 1-1-0 including a pair of exhibition contests against Boston in Fort Myers, Fla. to conclude the spring slate. Upcoming Probable Starters The Cubs this year are celebrating their 40th-consecutive spring in Mesa, Ariz., the longest active streak in the Cactus League. Friday at Angels San Francisco is second, as this marks the club’s 38th consecutive spring RHP José Quintana (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Garrett Richards (0-0, 4.50) in Scottsdale, Ariz. Saturday vs. Rob Butcher’s Reds LUCKY NUMBER SEVEN: The Cubs yesterday defeated the Athletics at Sloan RHP Luis Castillo (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Tyler Chatwood (0-0, 0.00) Park, 7-5, as catcher Chris Gimenez was 2-for-2 with four RBI and a run scored to pace the offense … Efren Navarro was 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI Cubs Game-By-Game Schedule/Results while Ryan Court belted a solo homer. Seven Cubs pitchers combined to strike out 12 batters and walk none … DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATT. Kyle Hendricks got the start and allowed two unearned runs in 2.0 Fri, 2/23 Milwaukee L, 1-2 4,489 innings … Justin Wilson followed and struck out one in a scoreless inning … Justin Grimm (1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 SO), Mike Montgomery (1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 Sat, 2/24 Texas W, 6-1 14,821 SO), Carl Edwards Jr. (1.0 IP, 2 SO), Eddie Butler (2.0 IP, 2 SO) and Luke Sun, 2/25 San Francisco W, 12-10 10,186 Farrell (1.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 SO) followed. Mon, 2/26 Seattle T, 9-9 10,021 Tue, 2/27 Chicago (A.L.) W, 6-5 10,769 EARLY RETURNS: Chicago’s .365 on-base percentage ranks fifth among Cactus League teams … Chris Gimenez’ seven RBI are tied for second-most in the Wed, 2/28 Oakland W, 7-5 8,313 Cactus League while Mike Freeman’s six hits are tied for fourth. Thu, 3/1 Colorado* Ian Happ’s 11 total bases are tied for ninth in the Cactus League. Fri, 3/2 Los Angeles (A.L.) – Tempe (1:10 PM)* Sat, 3/3 Cincinnati+ CAMP BREAKDOWN: The Cubs open Spring Training with 63 players in major league camp, including 36 pitchers (nine non-roster), six catchers (four non- Sun, 3/4 Arizona – Scottsdale (1:10 PM)+ roster), 13 infielders (five non-roster) and eight outfielders (four non-roster) … Mon, 3/5 Colorado – Scottsdale (1:10 PM)* there are 40 players on the 40-man roster, 22 non-roster invitees and one Tue, 3/6 Los Angeles (N.L.)* player on the 60-day disabled list (LHP Drew Smyly). This year’s camp has players from 10 countries or commonwealths Wed, 3/7 Cleveland – Goodyear (6:05 PM)#* represented: the United States, Canada, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Thu, 3/8 San Diego* Panama, Japan, Colombia, Taiwan, Puerto Rico and Mexico. Fri, 3/9 Los Angeles (A.L.) (1:10 PM)+ YEAR FIVE AT SLOAN PARK: The Cubs this season return for their fifth season at Sat, 3/10 Chicago (A.L.) (ss)+ Sloan Park … the club again last season set a Cactus League single-season Los Angeles (N.L.) – Glendale (ss, 7:05 PM)* attendance record with 226,933 fans passing through the gates. Sun, 3/11 Oakland* NEWCOMERS: Chicago enters the season with 13 new players on the 40-man Mon, 3/12 OFF DAY roster since the conclusion of the 2017 regular season … the Cubs also had 13 Tue, 3/13 San Diego – Peoria (ss, 1:10 PM)* new players on the 40-man roster entering the 2017 Spring Training campaign. San Francisco (ss, 7:05 PM)* Pitchers Dario Alvarez, Tyler Chatwood, Steve Cishek, Yu Darvish, Brandon Morrow, Shae Simmons and Drew Smyly were signed as free Wed, 3/14 Kansas City – Surprise* agents. Thu, 3/15 Arizona* Pitchers Adbert Alzolay and Oscar De La Cruz, and infielder David Bote, Fri, 3/16 Chicago (A.L.) – Glendale* were promoted from within. Sat, 3/17 Cleveland (ss)* Pitchers Luke Farrell (via Reds), Cory Mazzoni (via Padres) and Randy Rosario (via Twins) were acquired via waiver claim. Cleveland – Las Vegas (ss, 4:05 PM Vegas Time)# Sun, 3/18 Kansas City (ss) NEW COACHES: The Cubs major league coaching staff features five new faces in Cleveland – Las Vegas (ss, 1:05 PM Vegas Time)^+ 2018: Jim Hickey (Pitching), Chili Davis (Hitting), Brian Butterfield (Third Base), Will Venable (First Base) and Andy Haines (Assistant Hitting Coach) … Davis and Mon, 3/19 Cincinnati – Goodyear (6:05 PM)* Butterfield held the same positions with Boston last season, while Hickey joins Tue, 3/20 OFF DAY from Tampa Bay … Venable joined the organization in 2017 as a special Wed, 3/21 Texas - Surprise* assistant in baseball operations, while Haines served as the club’s minor league Thu, 3/22 San Francisco - Scottsdale (7:05 PM)+ hitting coordinator. Brandon Hyde moves to Bench Coach, a position he previously held in Fri, 3/23 Milwaukee+ 2014, before serving as first base coach the past three seasons … Lester Sat, 3/24 Colorado (ss, 7:05 PM)^+ Strode (Bullpen) enters his team-high 12th season on the staff, while Seattle - Peoria (ss, 6:40 PM) Mike Borzello (Catching and Strategy) enters his seventh season … Franklin Font (seventh season) and Juan Cabreja (second season) Sun, 3/25 Kansas City - Surprise (12:05 PM)#+ returns as Staff Assistants … Bullpen Catcher Chad Noble returns for his Mon, 3/26 Boston – Fort Myers, Fla. (6:05 PM ET)* fifth season. Tue, 3/27 Boston – Fort Myers, Fla. (1:05 PM ET)* JOE MADDON AT THE HELM: Joe Maddon begins his fourth season as manager +670 The Score … #WGN … ^NBC Sports Chicago … *Cubs.com of the Cubs … has compiled 292 regular season wins and a World Series All Games 1:05 p.m. Arizona time unless otherwise noted championship in his first three seasons … in his first season with the Cubs, he was named the 2015 N.L. Manager of the Year by the BBWAA. 2018 SLOAN PARK CACTUS LEAGUE ATTENDANCE FIGURES The 2018 campaign marks Maddon’s 44th season in pro baseball, his No. of Games at Sloan Park/Total Attendance ......................... 4/43,924 25th at the major league level and 13th as a major league manager. Average Attendance ..................................................................... 10,981 Maddon previously managed the Rays for nine years from 2006-14, leading Tampa Bay to four post-season appearances (2008, 2010, 2011, 2013) and winning the American League pennant in 2008. BUSY BODIES: Since the start of the 2015 campaign, the Cubs have played 522 games between the regular season (486) and postseason (36), the most of any AGAINST THE ROCKIES: The Cubs and Rockies play twice in the next five days … big league club (Dodgers are second with 517 combined games and the Astros following today’s tilt at Sloan Park, the teams on Monday will meet at Salt River are third with 510). Fields in Scottsdale … the clubs will play a final time at Sloan Park, March 24. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!: Cubs right-handed pitcher Adbert Alzolay turns 23 today … The teams play six games spanning two series this regular season, with happy birthday, Adbert! those series coming early in the season … Chicago heads to Coors Field for three games, April 20-22, and the Rockies visit Wrigley Field for three ROAD WARRIORS: The Cubs will open the 2018 campaign with 10-straight road games, April 30-May 2. 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 2017 REVIEW: The Cubs reached the National League Championship Series for Chicago opens a season with at least 10-straight road games … the 1899 Cubs the third-straight season, falling to the Los Angeles Dodgers, four-games-to-one played 12-straight road games to begin the season, a trip in which they went … became the first team to reach the NLCS three-straight seasons since the St. 7-5 at Louisville, Cincinnati and St. Louis. Louis Cardinals did so from 2011-14. 2018 CACTUS LEAGUE TEAM STATS CUBS ON THE W-L ERA SV IP H R ER HR BB SO MOUND Cubs Pitching 4-1 4.75 1 53.0 61 32 28 9 29 57 Today’s Pitchers AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO Cubs Hitting .286 206 41 59 8 2 7 36 18 45 Cubs Starter — #24 RHP Alec Mills W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2016 — Northwest Arkansas-AA 1-2 2.39 12 12 0 0 67.2 57 19 18 2 12 68 Kansas City 0-0 13.50 3 0 0 0 3.1 3 5 5 0 5 4 Omaha-AAA 4-3 4.19 12 11 0 0 58.0 62 29 27 8 19 54 2017 — Iowa-AAA 2-0 3.21 3 3 0 0 14.0 12 9 5 0 3 7 Mesa-R 0-0 0.00 2 2 0 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1 6 Myrtle Beach-A 0-1 3.00 2 2 0 0 9.0 8 3 3 0 1 7 MINOR LEAGUE TOTALS 21-23 3.00 101 74 1 0 420.1 394 164 140 21 90 397 Alec is in his second season in the Cubs organization after he was acquired from Kansas City, February 8, 2017, for minor league OF Donnie Dewees ..