Chicago Cubs (9-12-4) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks (10-13-1) March 23, 2017 … Salt River Fields at Talking Stick … Spring Game No. 26 RHP Jake Arrieta (0-0, 5.40) vs. RHP Zack Greinke (1-0, 0.00) 2017 CACTUS LEAGUE SEASON: The Chicago Cubs today travel to Scottsdale to play the Arizona Diamondbacks … Chicago has 11 Cactus League/exhibition Cubs 2017 Spring Record games remaining before opening the regular season in St. Louis on April 2. Overall: 9-12-4 ....................... Home: 3-5-3 ...................... Road: 6-7-1 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. Friday vs. Indians: RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY: The Cubs last night fell to the Reds, 5-2, in a rain- RHP Carlos Carrasco (1-2, 15.75) vs. RHP John Lackey (1-0, 3.00) shortened five innings at Goodyear Ballpark … Kyle Schwarber had two hits, Saturday at Rockies: including a first-inning bunt single and a fifth-inning two-run homer. LHP Brett Anderson (1-0, 7.15) vs. RHP German Marquez (0-0, 8.00) WBC HAPPENINGS: Cubs infielder Javier Baez last night fell to Team USA in the Saturday vs. Reds (Las Vegas, 1:05 p.m. PT): World Baseball Classic championship game … Baez finished the WBC with a .296 TBD vs. RHP Kyle Hendricks (1-0, 2.63) average (8-for-27), one double, a homer and five RBI for Puerto Rico. Cubs Game-By-Game Schedule/Results QUITE THE MATCH UP: Today’s contest features the 2015 N.L. Cy Younger winner, Jake Arrieta, against 2009 A.L. Cy Young winner, Zack Greinke, who DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATT. captured the award while with the Royals. Sat, 2/25 Oakland W, 4-3 14,929 FUN WITH NUMBERS: Eddie Butler leads the Cactus League with four victories San Francisco – Scottsdale L, 6-8 11,515 … Addison Russell’s five Cactus League homers are tied for second-most … Sun, 2/26 Cleveland T, 1-1 15,388 Ian Happ’s 29 total bases are tied for 10th-most in the Cactus League. The Cubs 33 home runs are fourth-most in the Cactus League, trailing Mon, 2/27 Chicago (A.L.) T, 4-4 14,621 only Milwaukee (39), Kansas City (35) and Cleveland (34). Tue, 2/28 Los Angeles (A.L.) L, 5-7 12,688 Ian Happ leads the team with a .400 average (16-for-40) and a 1.182 Wed, 3/1 Kansas City – Surprise W, 7-3 7,593 OPS … others with an OPS over 1.000 thus far (min. 30 PA): Addison Thu, 3/2 Cincinnati – Goodyear L, 2-6 6,722 Russell (1.142), Matt Szczur (1.065) and Willson Contreras (1.015). Kyle Hendricks leads the pitching staff with 14 strikeouts … he has not Arizona – Scottsdale L, 1-3 13,309 issued a walk in 13.2 innings this spring. Fri, 3/3 Cincinnati L, 4-8 15,037 CAMP BREAKDOWN: The Cubs have 43 players in camp, including 11 non- Sat, 3/4 Los Angeles (N.L.) W, 9-3 15,438 roster invitees … the breakdown by position: 22 pitchers (four non-roster), five Sun, 3/5 Texas – Surprise T, 9-9 11,048 catchers (two non-roster), 11 infielders (four non-roster) and five outfielders Mon, 3/6 Los Angeles (A.L.) – Tempe W, 13-10 7,384 (one non-roster). Tue, 3/7 WBC Team Italy L, 7-8 10,762 Chicago has its top selections in the 2011 (Javier Baez), 2012 (Albert Almora Jr.), 2013 (Kris Bryant), 2014 (Kyle Schwarber) and 2015 (Ian Wed, 3/8 OFF DAY Happ) drafts in camp. Thu, 3/9 Seattle L, 6-8 15,107 This year’s camp has players from seven countries or commonwealths Fri, 3/10 Seattle – Peoria L, 10-11 12,201 represented: the United States, Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Japan, Puerto Rico and Venezuela. Sat, 3/11 Colorado W, 4-3 15,501 Sun, 3/12 Oakland – Mesa L, 8-9 10,606 JOE MADDON AT THE HELM: Joe Maddon begins his third season as manager Mon, 3/13 San Diego – Peoria W, 3-1 11,194 of the Cubs after last season leading Chicago to its first World Series title in 108 years … in his first season with the Cubs, he was named the 2015 N.L. Manager Tue, 3/14 Milwaukee T, 7-7 15,478 of the Year by the BBWAA. Wed, 3/15 Arizona L, 3-7 15,404 The 2017 campaign marks Maddon’s 43rd season in professional Thu, 3/16 Los Angeles (N.L.) – Glendale W, 4-0 13,108 baseball, his 24th at the major league level and 12th as a major league manager. Fri, 3/17 Chicago (A.L.) – Glendale W, 7-3 12,972 Maddon previously managed the Rays for nine years from 2006-14, Sat, 3/18 WBC Team Japan W, 6-4 14,204 leading Tampa Bay to four post-season appearances (2008, 2010, 2011, Milwaukee – Maryvale L, 7-13 10,134 2013) and winning the American League pennant in 2008. Sun, 3/19 Kansas City (7:05 p.m.) L, 2-6 15,497 ABOUT THE COACHING STAFF: The Cubs return the same coaching staff from Mon, 3/20 Colorado – Scottsdale W, 9-6 13,380 the last two seasons, with bench coach Dave Martinez and hitting coach John Tue, 3/21 OFF DAY Mallee beginning their third seasons with the Cubs … pitching coach Chris Bosio starts his sixth year with the club. Wed, 3/22 Cincinnati – Goodyear L, 5-2 (5) 11,553 Brandon Hyde handles first base coaching duties for a third-straight Thu, 3/23 Arizona – Scottsdale* (1:10 p.m.) season while third-base coach Gary Jones returns for his fourth season Fri, 3/24 Cleveland* th … Lester Strode enters his 11 season as the team’s bullpen coach … Sat, 3/25 Cincinnati (Cashman Field, Las Vegas, 1:05 PT)^+ Mike Borzello is in his sixth year with the team as the catching and strategy coach. Colorado – Scottsdale (1:10 p.m.)* Eric Hinske is in his fourth year on the Cubs coaching staff, his third as Sun, 3/26 San Diego* assistant hitting coach … Henry Blanco is in his third year as a quality Cincinnati (Cashman Field, Las Vegas, 1:05 PT)#+ assurance coach, Franklin Font is in his sixth season as a staff assistant Mon, 3/27 Cleveland – Goodyear (6:05 p.m.)+ and Chad Noble is in his fourth season as the bullpen catcher. Tue, 3/28 San Francisco^* NEWCOMERS: Chicago enters the season with 13 new players on the 40-man Wed, 3/29 Oakland* roster since the conclusion of the 2016 season … the Cubs also had 13 new players on the 40-man entering the 2016 Spring Training campaign. Thu, 3/30 Houston (Minute Maid Park, 7:10 p.m. CT)#* Pitchers Brett Anderson, Brian Duensing and Koji Uehara, as well as Fri, 3/31 Houston (Minute Maid Park, 1:10 p.m. CT)^* outfielder Jon Jay, were signed as free agents. +670 The Score … #WGN … ^CSN … *Cubs.com Pitchers Eddie Butler, Wade Davis, Alec Mills and Caleb Smith were acquired via trades. All Games 1:05 p.m. Arizona time unless otherwise noted Pitchers Jack Leathersich, José Rosario and Duane Underwood, catcher March 7 vs. Italy & March 18 vs. Team Japan do not count towards Victor Caratini and outfielder Jacob Hannemann were promoted from Cactus League stats nor attendance totals within. 2017 SLOAN PARK CACTUS LEAGUE ATTENDANCE FIGURES 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 No. of Games at Sloan Park/Total Attendance ..................... 11/165,088 they defeated the Cleveland Indians in the Fall Classic, four-games-to-three … Average Attendance ..................................................................... 15,008 the N.L. Pennant was Chicago’s first since 1945 … Chicago dispatched of the San Francisco Giants in the NLDS, 3-1, before they beat the Los Angeles AGAINST THE DIAMONDBACKS: This is the third and final Cactus League Dodgers, 4-2, in the NLCS. meeting between the Cubs and Diamondbacks. SLOAN PARK: The Cubs return for their fourth season at Sloan Park following 17 The Cubs and Diamondbacks play six games this season, spanning two years at HoHoKam Stadium in Mesa (1997-2013) … the club set numerous series … the teams meet for three games at Wrigley Field, August 1-3, Spring Training attendance marks last season, averaging 15,078 fans per game. before meeting at Chase Field for three games, August 11-13. 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 4-6 4.45 62.2 65 33 31 7 12 54 Cubs Relievers 5-6 5.76 154.2 191 111 99 19 67 123 Totals 9-12 5.45 214.2 256 144 130 26 79 177 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 2 2 0 0 5.0 5 4 3 1 3 6 MAJOR LEAGUE TOTALS 74-46 3.58 167 161 6 5 992.2 804 420 395 86 348 907 Jake, the 2015 N.L.