(15-16) vs. (11-16-5) March 28, 2017 … Sloan Park … Spring Game No. 33 RHP Matt Cain (0-1, 8.10) vs. RHP (0-0, 5.40)

2017 CACTUS LEAGUE SEASON: The Chicago Cubs today host the San Francisco Giants at Sloan Park … Chicago has just two Cactus League games and two Cubs 2017 Spring Record

exhibition games in remaining before opening the regular season in St. Overall: 11-16-5 ...... Home*: 5-7-3 ...... Road: 6-9-2 Louis on April 2. *3-7-3 at Sloan Park … 2-0 at Cashman Field in Las Vegas  This marks the Cubs’ 39th-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 37th consecutive spring in Scottsdale, Ariz. Wednesday vs. Athletics:

FIVE DAYS AWAY!: The Cubs open the 2017 regular season this Sunday evening RHP Kendall Graveman (2-1, 2.29) vs. RHP (1-1, 2.00) in St. Louis … Cubs southpaw will make the Opening Night start Thursday at Astros (7:10 p.m. CT, Minute Maid Park): against the Cardinals while St. Louis will send righty Carlos Martinez to the LHP Brett Anderson (1-1, 5.28) vs. RHP Lance McCullers, Jr. (1-2, 6.00) bump. Friday at Astros (1:10 p.m. CT, Minute Maid Park): LAST NIGHT IN GOODYEAR: homered twice and Jon Lester RHP (1-0, 2.16) vs. RHP (3-0, 2.45) tossed 6.0 innings, allowing four runs while walking none and striking out five in Chicago’s 4-3 setback against the in Goodyear. Cubs Game-By-Game Schedule/Results  was 2-for-4 with a double while Jr. had two hits, including a double, and scored a . DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATT.  Hector Rondon tossed 0.2 scoreless frames of relief and Wade Davis Sat, 2/25 Oakland W, 4-3 14,929 retired his lone batter faced to end the seventh … spun a San Francisco – Scottsdale L, 6-8 11,515 scoreless eighth inning. Sun, 2/26 Cleveland T, 1-1 15,388 AS OF LATE: Albert Almora Jr. has safely in six of his last nine Cactus League Mon, 2/27 Chicago (A.L.) T, 4-4 14,621 at-bats, including two doubles and two home runs … he is batting .322 (19-for- 59) with a team-leading seven doubles, a triple, three homers and 12 RBI. Tue, 2/28 Los Angeles (A.L.) L, 5-7 12,688  Kris Bryant has doubled in each of his last four games … he’s reached Wed, 3/1 Kansas City – Surprise W, 7-3 7,593 safely in each of his last 11 contests since March 12. Thu, 3/2 Cincinnati – Goodyear L, 2-6 6,722

TIES, TIES AND MORE TIES: While Chicago’s five ties this spring seem like an Arizona – Scottsdale L, 1-3 13,309 anomaly, Elias reports that since 2010 this is the 16th time a team has recorded Fri, 3/3 Cincinnati L, 4-8 15,037 at least five ties in … the 2015 Dodgers lead this group, having Sat, 3/4 Los Angeles (N.L.) W, 9-3 15,438 recorded eight ties that spring. Sun, 3/5 Texas – Surprise T, 9-9 11,048 FUN WITH NUMBERS: ’s 17 RBI are second in the Cactus League while Mon, 3/6 Los Angeles (A.L.) – Tempe W, 13-10 7,384 his five homers are tied for fourth with a plethora of players including teammate … Happ’s 39 total bases are tied for third. Tue, 3/7 WBC Team Italy L, 7-8 10,762  leads the Cactus League with five victories Wed, 3/8 OFF DAY  The Cubs 48 home runs are the most in the Cactus League, four ahead of Thu, 3/9 Seattle L, 6-8 15,107 Kansas City (44). Fri, 3/10 Seattle – Peoria L, 10-11 12,201  Ian Happ leads the team with a 1.222 OPS … others with an OPS over 1.000 thus far (min. 30 PA): Addison Russell (1.142), Willson Contreras Sat, 3/11 Colorado W, 4-3 15,501 (1.137) and Kris Bryant (1.024). Sun, 3/12 Oakland – Mesa L, 8-9 10,606  Kyle Hendricks and Mike Montgomery are tied for the team lead with 15 Mon, 3/13 San Diego – Peoria W, 3-1 11,194 apiece. Tue, 3/14 Milwaukee T, 7-7 15,478 OPENING NIGHT NOTES: According to Ed Hartig, April 2 will be the first time in Wed, 3/15 Arizona L, 3-7 15,404 16,945 games that the Cubs will open a season as defending Thu, 3/16 Los Angeles (N.L.) – Glendale W, 4-0 13,108 champions … the previous time was April 14, 1909 when they beat the Cardinals, 3-1, at the West Side Grounds. Fri, 3/17 Chicago (A.L.) – Glendale W, 7-3 12,972  The Cubs will be playing the Cardinals in the season opener for the 32nd Sat, 3/18 WBC Team Japan W, 6-4 14,204 time … the only team Chicago has opened against more times is the Milwaukee – Maryvale L, 7-13 10,134 Reds, with 36 such games. Sun, 3/19 Kansas City (7:05 p.m.) L, 2-6 15,497  With this Opening Night start, Jon Lester will be just the third lefty in Cubs history to start more than one Opening Day (Lester took the bump Mon, 3/20 Colorado – Scottsdale W, 9-6 13,380 for the 2015 Opening Day) … Lester will join (1915, 1917, Tue, 3/21 OFF DAY 1919) and (1952, 1954) … in 141 seasons, no Cubs lefty has Wed, 3/22 Cincinnati – Goodyear L, 5-2 (5) 11,553 started consecutive openers. Thu, 3/23 Arizona – Scottsdale T, 5-5 14,002 CAMP BREAKDOWN: The Cubs have 31 players in camp, including seven non- Fri, 3/24 Cleveland L, 2-4 15,473 roster invitees … the breakdown by position: 14 , four catchers (one Sat, 3/25 Cincinnati – Las Vegas W, 11-7 11,455 non-roster), nine infielders (three non-roster) and four outfielders.  This year’s camp featured players from seven countries or Colorado – Scottsdale L, 4-7 13,565 commonwealths represented: the United States, Canada, Cuba, Sun, 3/26 San Diego L, 4-9 15,411 Dominican Republic, Japan, Puerto Rico and Venezuela. Cincinnati – Las Vegas W, 22-4 11,285

JOE MADDON AT THE HELM: begins his third season as manager Mon, 3/27 Cleveland – Goodyear L, 3-4 11,624 of the Cubs after last season leading Chicago to its first World Series title in 108 Tue, 3/28 San Francisco^* years … in his first season with the Cubs, he was named the 2015 N.L. Manager Wed, 3/29 Oakland* of the Year by the BBWAA.  The 2017 campaign marks Maddon’s 43rd season in professional Thu, 3/30 Houston (Minute Maid Park, 7:10 p.m. CT)#* baseball, his 24th at the major league level and 12th as a major league Fri, 3/31 Houston (Minute Maid Park, 1:10 p.m. CT)^* manager. +670 The Score … #WGN … ^CSN … *Cubs.com  Maddon previously managed the Rays for nine years from 2006-14, leading Tampa Bay to four post-season appearances (2008, 2010, 2011, All Games 1:05 p.m. Arizona time unless otherwise noted 2013) and winning the American League pennant in 2008. March 7 vs. Italy & March 18 vs. Team Japan do not count towards Cactus League stats nor attendance totals 2016 REVIEW: The Cubs in 2016 won their third World Series in franchise history, and their first since winning consecutive titles in 1907 and 1908, when 2017 SLOAN PARK CACTUS LEAGUE ATTENDANCE FIGURES they defeated the Cleveland Indians in the Fall Classic, four-games-to-three … the N.L. Pennant was Chicago’s first since 1945 … Chicago dispatched of the No. of Games at Sloan Park/Total Attendance ...... 13/195,972 San Francisco Giants in the NLDS, 3-1, before they beat the Los Angeles Average Attendance ...... 15,075 Dodgers, 4-2, in the NLCS.

AGAINST THE GIANTS: This is the second spring meeting between the Cubs and SLOAN PARK: The Cubs return for their fourth season at Sloan Park following 17 Giants … the teams play two series, seven games total, this regular season: four years at HoHoKam Stadium in Mesa (1997-2013) … the club set numerous games at , May 22-25, and three games at AT&T Park, August 7-9. Spring Training attendance marks last season, averaging 15,078 fans per game.  The Cubs and Giants met in the 2016 NLDS, with the Cubs winning the  Sloan Park owns the top-10 -game Cactus League attendance series, three-games-to-one. marks, including the record of 15,523 set March 20, 2016 vs. the Royals.

CUBS ON Cubs Starters & Relievers in 2017 Cactus League Play

THE MOUND W-L ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO Spring Training Cubs Starters 5-10 4.28 94.2 105 48 45 12 26 75 Cubs Relievers 6-6 6.03 182.0 232 136 120 25 84 150 Totals 11-16 5.93 275.1 337 184 165 37 104 223

Today’s Cubs Starter — #49 RHP Jake Arrieta

W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2015 — CUBS *22-6 1.77 33 +33 +4 +3 229.0 150 52 45 10 48 236 2016 — CUBS 18-8 3.10 31 31 1 0 197.1 138 72 68 16 76 190 2017 — CUBS (Spring Training) 0-0 5.40 3 3 0 0 10.0 13 7 6 2 4 10 MAJOR LEAGUE TOTALS 74-46 3.58 167 161 6 5 992.2 804 420 395 86 348 907

Jake, the 2015 N.L. Award winner and a 2016 N.L. All-Star, has become one of the most dominating pitchers in baseball over the last two seasons ... since the beginning of 2015, he has gone 40-14 with a 2.39 ERA (113 ER/426.1 IP), a pair of no-hitters and a .189 opposing batting average.  Is 54-21 with six complete games, five shutouts and a 2.52 ERA (178 ER/634.2 IP) in 98 starts for the Cubs since he was acquired from Baltimore, July 2, 2013, with Pedro Strop and two international signing bonus slots (slot numbers three and four) for pitcher Scott Feldman and catcher Steve Clevenger.  Went 22-6 in 33 starts in 2015 and his 1.77 ERA (45 ER/229.0 IP) was the lowest for a Cubs qualifying starting pitcher in 96 years since 1919, when Pete Alexander had a 1.72 ERA.  Has fanned a Cubs franchise-record 53 batters in the postseason and is tied for the franchise lead with seven postseason starts ... overall has gone 4-2 with a 3.64 ERA (17 ER/42.0 IP) in postseason play.  Has posted a 2.20 ERA (78 ER/319.1 IP) in 49-career starts at Wrigley Field, the fifth-lowest ERA in the ballpark’s history ... his .177 opponent average at Wrigley Field leads all pitchers.  Originally selected by the Orioles in the fifth round of the 2007 Draft out of Texas Christian University.

In 2016, Jake went 18-8 with a 3.10 ERA (68 ER/197.1 IP) ... limited opponents to an MLB-best .194 batting average … named to the N.L. All-Star Team for the first time.  Ranked among N.L. leaders in wins (18, t-3rd), ERA (3.10, 10th), opponent’s OBP (.277, 6th), slugging (.306, 1st) and OPS (.583, 2nd).  Notched nine starts of at least 6.0-scoreless innings, tied for the most in the majors (also, Tanner Roark) ... his 11 starts allowing three or fewer hits also tied for the major league lead (with Dan Straily and Tom Koehler).  Went 11-3 on the road, the second-most road victories in the majors (, 12-4).  Tossed his second career no-hitter, and the 15th in franchise history, April 21 at Cincinnati … he walked four batters and struck out six ... also went 2-for-4 at the plate with a walk and run scored.  Did not allow a hit over his first 5.1 in Game Two of the World Series, marking the longest no-hit bid in a Fall Classic game since Jerry Koosman of the New York Mets tossed 6.0 innings of no-hit ball in Game Two of the 1969 World Series.  Won Game Six of the World Series, becoming the third Cubs pitcher to win multiple starts in a single Fall Classic, and the first since in 1935.

* * * * * Cubs Relievers

#43 RHP JAKE BUCHANAN: Jake signed a minor league contract with the Cubs in #80 RHP : Pierce is in his sixth professional season, all with the April of 2016 and spent most of last season with Triple-A Iowa before joining the Cubs organization ... was added to the Cubs 40-man roster, November 20, 2015 ... Cubs in September ... he has gone 2-3 with a 3.75 ERA (21 ER/50.1 IP) in 24 games is 26-19 with a 3.09 ERA (134 ER/390.0 IP) in 87 career minor league games, (three starts) across parts of three big league seasons with Houston (2014-15) and including 73 starts. the Cubs (2016).  In 2016, he went 4-6 with a 6.14 ERA (43 ER/63.0 IP) in 22 games, 11 starts,  Made his major league debut with Houston in 2014, pitching in 17 games for Triple-A Iowa as injuries hindered him throughout the season. (two starts) ... in his 15 relief outings, he posted a 3.46 ERA (10 ER/26.0 IP)  Transitioned to the bullpen, July 26, and went on to go 3-0 with a 3.22 ERA (8 with 17 strikeouts. ER/22.1 IP) in 11 outings ... walked 13, struck out 35 and held the opponent  Has gone 50-50 with a 4.11 ERA (383 ER/838.0 IP) in 170 minor league games to a .176 batting average and a .503 OPS. across seven seasons.  Originally selected by the Cubs in the sandwich round (43rd overall) of the  Last season, he went 1-0 with a 1.50 ERA (1 ER/6.0 IP) in two games with the 2012 Draft. Cubs, including 5.0-scoreless innings in a spot start, September 30 at Cincinnati … went 12-8 with a 4.34 ERA (68 ER/141.0 IP) in 24 appearances #38 LHP MIKE MONTGOMERY: Mike is 8-11 with a 3.51 ERA (74 ER/190.0 IP) in 65 (22 starts) with Iowa ... had a strong finish, going 2-1 with a 1.35 ERA (3 career games, including 23 starts, with Seattle (2015-16) and the Cubs ... is in his ER/20.0 IP) in his final three starts. 10th pro season since being selected in the first round (36th overall) of the 2008 draft by Kansas City. #32 LHP BRIAN DUENSING: Signed a one-year major league deal with Chicago in  Recorded the final out of the , inducing a groundout after December of 2016 … is 42-37 with two saves, 45 holds and a 4.13 ERA (304 entering with the tying run on base in the 10th inning ... marked his first- ER/662.2 iP) in 368 major league outings (61 as a starter) covering eight seasons career save in the regular season or postseason. with Minnesota (2009-15) and Baltimore (2016).  Has gone 3-4 with a 2.10 ERA (15 ER/64.1 IP) in 42 appearances out of the  Has limited lefties in his career to a .236 batting average (205-for-867), a .286 bullpen, compared to 5-7 with a 4.23 ERA (59 ER/125.2 IP) in 23 career starts. OBP and a .328 slugging mark, good for a .614 OPS ... has walked only 50 of  Last season, he was acquired by the Cubs, July 20, and went 1-1 with a 2.82 946 left-handed batters faced. ERA (12 ER/38.1 IP) in 17 games, five as a starter ... went a combined 4-5 with  Has pitched exclusively as a reliever the last four seasons, going 14-6 with a a 2.52 ERA (28 ER/100.0 IP) in 49 games with Seattle and the Cubs. 3.86 ERA (76 ER/177.1 IP) in 204 outings in that span.  In 2016, was 1-0 with a 4.05 ERA (6 ER/13.1 IP) in 14 relief outings with Baltimore … missed time due to left elbow surgery to remove bone chips … on the shelf, June 20-September 5.