(11-2-2) vs. (8-7-1) March 10, 2018 … Camelback Ranch … Spring Game Nos. 16 & 17 At Dodgers (7:05 p.m.) – RHP Luke Farrell (1-0, 4.50) vs. LHP Rich Hill (0-0, 3.00) Vs. White Sox (1:05 p.m.) – RHP Lucas Giolito (0-0, 4.50) vs. RHP Kyle Hendricks (1-0, 3.60)

2018 CACTUS LEAGUE SEASON: The Chicago Cubs, winners of five-straight games, today split up to host the White Sox at Sloan Park and play the Dodgers Cubs 2018 Spring Record

at Camelback Ranch in Glendale … the Cubs will play 36 games this spring, Overall: 11-2-2 ...... Home: 7-0-2 ...... Road: 4-2-0 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. Sunday at Athletics:  San Francisco is second, as this marks the club’s 38th consecutive spring RHP Yu Darvish (1-0, 4.50) vs. LHP Sean Manaea (0-0, 0.00) in Scottsdale, Ariz. Monday: LESTER LOOKS READY: yesterday spun 5.0 shutout innings, allowing Off Day! three hits while walking none and striking out three, in a 6-1 win over the Angels at Sloan Park. Cubs Game-By-Game Schedule/Results  Brandon Morrow (1.0 IP, 1 R, 1 SO), Brian Duensing (1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO), Justin Hancock (1.0 IP, 2 BB, 1 SO) and Oscar De La Cruz (1.0 IP) followed DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATT. Lester … the staff combined to strike out seven and walk two. Fri, 2/23 Milwaukee L, 1-2 4,489  Kyle Schwarber homered in his second-straight start … Mike Freeman was 2-for-2 with a walk, double and a run while David Bote was 2-for-3 with a Sat, 2/24 Texas W, 6-1 14,821 homer, run scored and three RBI. Sun, 2/25 San Francisco W, 12-10 10,186 Mon, 2/26 Seattle T, 9-9 10,021 CACTUS LEAGUE LEADERS: Mike Freeman leads the Cactus League with a .560 Tue, 2/27 Chicago (A.L.) W, 6-5 10,769 batting average and a .621 on-base percentage while his 14 hits are tied for the league lead … his nine runs scored are tied for second, and his .800 slugging Wed, 2/28 Oakland W, 7-5 8,313 percentage is fourth. Thu, 3/1 Colorado T, 2-2 10,167  Ian Happ has 25 total bases, third-most among Cactus League hitters, Fri, 3/2 Los Angeles (A.L.) W, 6-4 8,194 while his four home runs are tied for third … he’s hitting .429 (9-for-21) with a 1.190 slugging percentage and a .500 OBP. Sat, 3/3 Cincinnati W, 7-4 15,516  Oscar De La Cruz leads the Cactus League with two saves. Sun, 3/4 Arizona L, 0-2 13,782  Chicago’s 3.72 team ERA (55 ER/133.0 IP) leads the Cactus League … Mon, 3/5 Colorado W, 5-4 9,294 Milwaukee is second with a 3.99 team ERA. Tue, 3/6 Los Angeles (N.L.) W, 9-5 14,479  Cubs pitching has recorded 138 , third-most in the Cactus League behind Cleveland (157) and Cincinnati (142). Wed, 3/7 Cleveland W, 11-6 9,269 Thu, 3/8 San Diego W, 10-4 12,569 CAMP BREAKDOWN: The Cubs now have 49 players remaining in major league Fri, 3/9 Los Angeles (A.L.) W, 6-1 15,481 camp, including 26 (three non-roster), five (three non-roster), Sat, 3/10 Chicago (A.L.) (ss)+ 12 (four non-roster) and six outfielders (two non-roster).  This year’s camp has featured players from 10 countries or Los Angeles (N.L.) – Glendale (ss, 7:05 PM)* commonwealths represented: the United States, Canada, Dominican Sun, 3/11 Oakland* Republic, Venezuela, Panama, Japan, Colombia, Taiwan, Puerto Rico and Mon, 3/12 OFF DAY Mexico. Tue, 3/13 San Diego – Peoria (ss, 1:10 PM)* YEAR FIVE AT SLOAN PARK: The Cubs this season return for their fifth season at San Francisco (ss, 7:05 PM)* Sloan Park … the club again last season set a Cactus League single-season Wed, 3/14 Kansas City – Surprise* attendance record with 226,933 fans passing through the gates. Thu, 3/15 Arizona* NEWCOMERS: Chicago enters the season with 13 new players on the 40-man Fri, 3/16 Chicago (A.L.) – Glendale* roster since the conclusion of the 2017 regular season … the Cubs also had 13 Sat, 3/17 Cleveland (ss)* new players on the 40-man roster entering the 2017 campaign.  Pitchers Dario Alvarez, Tyler Chatwood, , Yu Darvish, Brandon Cleveland – Las Vegas (ss, 4:05 PM Vegas Time)# Morrow, Shae Simmons and Drew Smyly were signed as free agents. Sun, 3/18 Kansas City (ss)  Pitchers Adbert Alzolay and Oscar De La Cruz, and David Bote, Cleveland – Las Vegas (ss, 1:05 PM Vegas Time)^+ were promoted from within. Mon, 3/19 Cincinnati – Goodyear (6:05 PM)*  Pitchers Luke Farrell (via Reds), Cory Mazzoni (via Padres) and Randy Rosario (via Twins) were acquired via waiver claim. Tue, 3/20 OFF DAY Wed, 3/21 Texas - Surprise* NEW COACHES: The Cubs major league coaching staff features five new faces in Thu, 3/22 San Francisco - Scottsdale (7:05 PM)+ 2018: Jim Hickey (Pitching), Chili Davis (Hitting), Brian Butterfield (Third Base), (First Base) and Andy Haines (Assistant Hitting ) … Davis and Fri, 3/23 Milwaukee+ Butterfield held the same positions with Boston last season, while Hickey joins Sat, 3/24 Colorado (ss, 7:05 PM)^+ from Tampa Bay … Venable joined the organization in 2017 as a special assistant Seattle - Peoria (ss, 6:40 PM) in operations, while Haines served as the club’s minor league hitting coordinator. Sun, 3/25 Kansas City - Surprise (12:05 PM)#+  Brandon Hyde moves to Bench Coach, a position he previously held in Mon, 3/26 Boston – Fort Myers, Fla. (6:05 PM ET)* 2014, before serving as first base coach the past three seasons … Lester Tue, 3/27 Boston – Fort Myers, Fla. (1:05 PM ET)* Strode (Bullpen) enters his team-high 12th season on the staff, while Mike +670 The Score … #WGN … ^NBC Sports Chicago … *Cubs.com Borzello (Catching and Strategy) enters his seventh season … Franklin Font (seventh season) and Juan Cabreja (second season) returns as Staff All Games 1:05 p.m. Arizona time unless otherwise noted Assistants … Bullpen Chad Noble returns for his fifth season. 2018 SLOAN PARK CACTUS LEAGUE ATTENDANCE FIGURES AT THE HELM: Joe Maddon begins his fourth season as No. of Games at Sloan Park/Total Attendance ...... 9/112,136 of the Cubs … has compiled 292 regular season wins and a World Series Average Attendance ...... 12,460 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.  The 2018 campaign marks Maddon’s 44th season in pro baseball, his 25th 2017 REVIEW: The Cubs reached the Championship Series for at the major league level and 13th as a major league manager. the third-straight season, falling to the Los Angeles Dodgers, four-games-to-one  Maddon previously managed the Rays for nine years from 2006-14, … became the first team to reach the NLCS three-straight seasons since the St. leading Tampa Bay to four post-season appearances (2008, 2010, 2011, Louis Cardinals did so from 2011-14. 2013) and winning the American League pennant in 2008. ROAD WARRIORS: The Cubs will open the 2018 campaign with 10-straight road AGAINST THE DODGERS: The Cubs and Dodgers play twice during Spring Training games (four in Miami, two in Cincinnati, four in Milwaukee) prior to their home … Chicago topped Los Angeles, 9-5, at Sloan Park on March 6. opener, April 9 vs. Pittsburgh … this is the first time in 119 years in which Chicago  The teams play seven games spanning two series in a matter of 11 days, opens a season with at least 10-straight road games … the 1899 Cubs played 12- starting with a three-game series at Wrigley Field, June 18-20 … the clubs straight road games to begin the season, a trip in which they went play a four-game set at Dodger Stadium, June 25-28. 7-5 at Louisville, Cincinnati and St. Louis.

2018 CACTUS LEAGUE TEAM STATS

CUBS ON THE W-L ERA SV IP H R ER HR BB SO MOUND Cubs Pitching 11-2 3.72 3 133.0 125 64 55 22 63 138

Today’s Pitchers AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO Cubs Hitting .287 515 97 148 32 3 18 89 55 118

Cubs Starter — #59 RHP Luke Farrell (1-0, 4.50)

W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2017 — Omaha-AAA 7-4 4.07 17 16 0 0 97.1 89 48 44 13 33 94 Kansas City 0-0 16.88 1 1 0 0 2.2 7 5 5 1 3 2 Oklahoma City-AAA 0-0 3.86 1 1 0 0 4.2 4 3 2 0 2 5 Louisville-AAA 1-2 9.82 4 3 0 0 14.2 14 16 16 2 11 18 Cincinnati 0-0 2.61 9 0 0 0 10.1 5 3 3 1 7 7 2018 — CUBS (Spring Training) 1-0 4.50 3 0 0 0 4.0 5 2 2 2 0 5 MAJOR LEAGUE TOTALS 0-0 5.54 10 1 0 0 13.0 12 8 8 2 10 9

Luke was claimed off waivers from the Reds in October of 2017 after making his major league debut last season, pitching in 10 games between the Royals and Reds ... originally selected by Kansas City in the sixth round of the 2013 draft, he is 25-28 with three saves and a 4.43 ERA (246 ER/500.1 IP) in five minor league seasons.  Earned a communications studies degree from Northwestern University in 2013 ... named Academic All-Big Ten three times (2011-13) ... finished second in the conference in ERA (2.13) and strikeouts (80) in 2013 … threw a complete game shutout at Wrigley Field vs. Michigan, April 20, 2013.  Son of former Red Sox manager, ... older brothers, Jeremy (minor league coordinator) and Shane (cross-checker), work in the Cubs organization.

In 2017, Luke made his major league debut in his fifth pro season, appearing in 10 games (one start) between the Royals and Reds ... posted a 2.61 ERA (3 ER/10.1 IP) in nine relief appearances with the Reds from August 23-26 and September 5-October 1.  In 22 games (20 starts) at the Triple-A level between the Kansas City, Los Angeles (N.L.) and Cincinnati organizations, was 8-6 with a 4.78 ERA (62 ER/116.2 IP) ... walked 46, struck out 118 and had a 1.31 WHIP.  All told, had no record and a 5.54 ERA (8 ER/13.0 IP) in his 10 major league outings ... walked 10, struck out nine and allowed two homers.

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#68 LHP DARIO ALVAREZ: Dario signed a one-year major league deal with Chicago #36 RHP DILLON MAPLES: Dillon made his major league debut as a September call- in November of 2017 ... is 6-1 with six holds and a 5.06 ERA (27 ER/48.0 IP) in 56 up with the Cubs in 2017 ... selected by Chicago in the 14th round of the 2011 major league relief outings between the Mets (2014-15), Braves (2016) and Draft, he is in his seventh professional season. Rangers (2016-17).  Is 13-17 with 24 saves and a 4.54 ERA (124 ER/245.2 IP) in 135 career minor  Signed by Philadelphia at the age of 18 in 2007, he spent three years (2007- league games (30 starts). 09) in the Phillies system before pitching in Japan, Venezuela and Panama  In 2017, he combined to go 6-3 with 13 saves and a 2.27 ERA (16 ER/63.1 IP) from 2010-12 … rejoined affiliated ball with the Mets in January, 2013. in 52 relief appearances between Myrtle Beach, Double-A Tennessee and  In 2017, he made 20 relief appearances for the Rangers across three stints … Triple-A Iowa … had no record with a 10.13 ERA (6 ER/5.1 IP) in six relief went 2-0 with a 2.76 ERA (5 ER/16.1 IP) and three holds. appearances with the Cubs.  Pitched to a 1.50 ERA (1 ER/6.0 IP) in his final eight games with the Rangers  Graduated from Pinecrest High School in Southern Pines, N.C. ... was the from May 25-June 28. Gatorade North Carolina High School Player of the Year in 2011.  Was born in Santiago, Dominican Republic. #24 RHP ALEC MILLS: Alec is in his second season in the Cubs organization after he #33 RHP EDDIE BUTLER: Eddie is in his second season with the Cubs after he was was acquired from Kansas City, February 8, 2017, for minor league OF Donnie acquired from Colorado, February 1, 2017 ... made his major league debut with the Dewees ... he made his major league debut in 2016, appearing in three games out Rockies in 2014 and has spent parts of the last four seasons in the majors. of the bullpen with the Royals.  Is 10-19 with a 5.85 ERA (139 ER/214.0 IP) in 49 big league games (39 starts).  Has gone 21-23 with a complete game and a 3.00 ERA (140 ER/420.1 IP) in  In 2017, he split the season between Triple-A Iowa and the Cubs, totaling 21 101 games, including 74 starts, in six minor league seasons. games pitched (19 starts) and 100.1 innings between the clubs ... with  Posted a 13.50 ERA (5 ER/3.1 IP) in three outings in his first major league Chicago, was 4-3 with a 3.95 ERA (24 ER/54.2 IP) in 13 games (11 starts). action in 2016.  Recorded a 2.83 ERA (9 ER/28.2 IP) in seven games (six starts) at Wrigley Field  In 2017, he missed a majority of the year on Triple-A Iowa’s disabled list ...... posted a 5.19 road ERA (15 ER/26.0 IP) in six games (five starts). was on the shelf, April 13-May 12, with a left ankle contusion and then made  Attended Radford University … was originally drafted by Colorado in the 2012 one start before he landed back on the D.L. with a right forearm strain. supplemental first round.  Went 2-0 with a 3.21 ERA (5 ER/14.0 IP) in three starts with Iowa.

#79 RHP DAVID GARNER: David is a non-roster invitee to major league Spring #74 RHP DUANE UNDERWOOD JR.: Duane has gone 28-25 with a 3.72 ERA (187 Training for the first time in 2018 ... in five minor league seasons, he has gone 11- ER/453.0 IP) in 100 games (95 starts) over six seasons, reaching Double-A 13 with a 4.07 ERA (90 ER/199.0 IP) in 141 outings, all but three as a reliever. Tennessee each of the last two seasons.  Selected by the Cubs in the seventh round of the 2013 draft and reached the  Selected in the second round of the 2012 draft by the Cubs. Triple-A level for the first time last season.  In 2017, he set career marks with 13 wins, 98 strikeouts and 138.0 innings  Has fanned 226 batters in 199.0 minor league innings, good for an average of with Double-A Tennessee ... his 13 victories tied for the Southern League lead 10.2 strikeouts per nine innings. … all told, was 13-7 with a 4.43 ERA (68 ER/138.0 IP) in 25 starts.  In 2017, he posted his lowest season ERA as a pro, going 4-3 with a 3.25 ERA  Earned mid-season All-Star honors from the Carolina League in 2015, his first (16 ER/44.1 IP) in 35 relief outings between Double-A Tennessee and Triple-A All-Star selection. Iowa.  Graduated from Pope High School in Marietta, Ga. ... was committed to the  Attended Michigan State University, fanning 192-career batters in three University of Georgia prior to signing with the Cubs. seasons, the sixth-highest total in Spartan history.