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San Francisco Giants (15-16) vs. Chicago Cubs (11-16-5) March 28, 2017 … Sloan Park … Spring Game No. 33 RHP Matt Cain (0-1, 8.10) vs. RHP Jake Arrieta (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 Houston 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 John Lackey (1-1, 2.00) in St. Louis … Cubs southpaw Jon Lester 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: Willson Contreras homered twice and Jon Lester RHP Kyle Hendricks (1-0, 2.16) vs. RHP Joe Musgrove (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 Cleveland Indians in Goodyear. Cubs Game-By-Game Schedule/Results Kris Bryant was 2-for-4 with a double while Albert Almora Jr. had two hits, including a double, and scored a run. 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 … Pedro Strop 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 hit 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 Spring Training … 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: Ian Happ’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 Addison Russell … Happ’s 39 total bases are tied for third. Tue, 3/7 WBC Team Italy L, 7-8 10,762 Eddie Butler 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 strikeouts 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 World Series 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 Hippo Vaughn (1915, 1917, Tue, 3/21 OFF DAY 1919) and Paul Minner (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 pitchers, 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: Joe Maddon 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 Wrigley Field, 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. Sloan Park owns the top-10 single-game Cactus League attendance The Cubs and Giants met in the 2016 NLDS, with the Cubs winning the 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.