Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (6-8) vs. Chicago Cubs (10-2-2) March 9, 2018 … Sloan Park … Spring Game No. 15 RHP Matt Shoemaker (1-0, 7.71) vs. LHP Jon Lester (1-1, 4.15) 2018 CACTUS LEAGUE SEASON: The Chicago Cubs, winners of four-straight games, today continue the 2018 Cactus League schedule as they host the Los Cubs 2018 Spring Record Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Sloan Park … the Cubs will play 36 games this Overall: 10-2-2 ....................... Home: 6-0-2 ...................... Road: 4-2-0 spring, 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. Saturday vs. White Sox San Francisco is second, as this marks the club’s 38th consecutive spring RHP Lucas Giolito (0-0, 4.50) vs. RHP Kyle Hendricks (1-0, 3.60) in Scottsdale, Ariz. Saturday at Dodgers (7:05 p.m.) YESTERDAY AT SLOAN: The Cubs dispatched of the San Diego Padres, 10-4, as RHP Luke Farrell (1-0, 4.50) vs. LHP Rich Hill (0-0, 3.00) Chicago scored five runs in the second inning thanks in part to RBI hits from Addison Russell, Javier Báez, Victor Caratini and David Bote … Ian Happ was 1-for- Cubs Game-By-Game Schedule/Results 3 with a triple, run and RBI from the top of the order. Tyler Chatwood improved to 2-0 on the Spring, as he allowed one run in DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATT. 3.0 innings on two hits and two walks while striking out two … Justin Fri, 2/23 Milwaukee L, 1-2 4,489 Wilson followed with a scoreless fourth inning (1 H). Sat, 2/24 Texas W, 6-1 14,821 CACTUS LEAGUE LEADERS: Ian Happ has 25 total bases, second-most among Sun, 2/25 San Francisco W, 12-10 10,186 Cactus League hitters, while his four home runs are tied for third … he’s hitting Mon, 2/26 Seattle T, 9-9 10,021 .429 (9-for-21) with a 1.190 slugging percentage and a .500 OBP. Tue, 2/27 Chicago (A.L.) W, 6-5 10,769 Mike Freeman is tied for the Cactus League lead with 12 hits while his eight runs scored are tied for third … Kyle Schwarber’s three stolen bases Wed, 2/28 Oakland W, 7-5 8,313 are tied for third. Thu, 3/1 Colorado T, 2-2 10,167 Oscar De La Cruz leads the Cactus League with two saves. Fri, 3/2 Los Angeles (A.L.) W, 6-4 8,194 Chicago’s 3.92 team ERA (54 ER/124.0 IP) leads the Cactus League … Sat, 3/3 Cincinnati W, 7-4 15,516 Milwaukee is second with a 4.14 team ERA. Cubs pitching has recorded 131 strikeouts, third-most in the Cactus Sun, 3/4 Arizona L, 0-2 13,782 League behind Cleveland (141) and Cincinnati (136). Mon, 3/5 Colorado W, 5-4 9,294 Tue, 3/6 Los Angeles (N.L.) W, 9-5 14,479 CAMP BREAKDOWN: The Cubs open Spring Training with 63 players in major league camp, including 36 pitchers (nine non-roster), six catchers (four non- Wed, 3/7 Cleveland W, 11-6 9,269 roster), 13 infielders (five non-roster) and eight outfielders (four non-roster) … Thu, 3/8 San Diego W, 10-4 12,569 there are 40 players on the 40-man roster, 22 non-roster invitees and one player Fri, 3/9 Los Angeles (A.L.) (1:10 PM)+ on the 60-day disabled list (LHP Drew Smyly). Sat, 3/10 Chicago (A.L.) (ss)+ This year’s camp has players from 10 countries or commonwealths represented: the United States, Canada, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Los Angeles (N.L.) – Glendale (ss, 7:05 PM)* Panama, Japan, Colombia, Taiwan, Puerto Rico and Mexico. Sun, 3/11 Oakland* Mon, 3/12 OFF DAY YEAR FIVE AT SLOAN PARK: The Cubs this season return for their fifth season at Sloan Park … the club again last season set a Cactus League single-season Tue, 3/13 San Diego – Peoria (ss, 1:10 PM)* attendance record with 226,933 fans passing through the gates. San Francisco (ss, 7:05 PM)* NEWCOMERS: Chicago enters the season with 13 new players on the 40-man Wed, 3/14 Kansas City – Surprise* roster since the conclusion of the 2017 regular season … the Cubs also had 13 Thu, 3/15 Arizona* new players on the 40-man roster entering the 2017 Spring Training campaign. Fri, 3/16 Chicago (A.L.) – Glendale* Pitchers Dario Alvarez, Tyler Chatwood, Steve Cishek, Yu Darvish, Brandon Sat, 3/17 Cleveland (ss)* Morrow, Shae Simmons and Drew Smyly were signed as free agents. Pitchers Adbert Alzolay and Oscar De La Cruz, and infielder David Bote, Cleveland – Las Vegas (ss, 4:05 PM Vegas Time)# were promoted from within. Sun, 3/18 Kansas City (ss) Pitchers Luke Farrell (via Reds), Cory Mazzoni (via Padres) and Randy Cleveland – Las Vegas (ss, 1:05 PM Vegas Time)^+ Rosario (via Twins) were acquired via waiver claim. Mon, 3/19 Cincinnati – Goodyear (6:05 PM)* NEW COACHES: The Cubs major league coaching staff features five new faces in Tue, 3/20 OFF DAY 2018: Jim Hickey (Pitching), Chili Davis (Hitting), Brian Butterfield (Third Base), Wed, 3/21 Texas - Surprise* Will Venable (First Base) and Andy Haines (Assistant Hitting Coach) … Davis and Thu, 3/22 San Francisco - Scottsdale (7:05 PM)+ Butterfield held the same positions with Boston last season, while Hickey joins from Tampa Bay … Venable joined the organization in 2017 as a special assistant Fri, 3/23 Milwaukee+ in baseball operations, while Haines served as the club’s minor league hitting Sat, 3/24 Colorado (ss, 7:05 PM)^+ coordinator. Seattle - Peoria (ss, 6:40 PM) Brandon Hyde moves to Bench Coach, a position he previously held in 2014, before serving as first base coach the past three seasons … Lester Sun, 3/25 Kansas City - Surprise (12:05 PM)#+ Strode (Bullpen) enters his team-high 12th season on the staff, while Mike Mon, 3/26 Boston – Fort Myers, Fla. (6:05 PM ET)* Borzello (Catching and Strategy) enters his seventh season … Franklin Font Tue, 3/27 Boston – Fort Myers, Fla. (1:05 PM ET)* (seventh season) and Juan Cabreja (second season) returns as Staff +670 The Score … #WGN … ^NBC Sports Chicago … *Cubs.com Assistants … Bullpen Catcher Chad Noble returns for his fifth season. All Games 1:05 p.m. Arizona time unless otherwise noted JOE MADDON AT THE HELM: Joe Maddon begins his fourth season as manager of the Cubs … has compiled 292 regular season wins and a World Series 2018 SLOAN PARK CACTUS LEAGUE ATTENDANCE FIGURES championship in his first three seasons … in his first season with the Cubs, he was No. of Games at Sloan Park/Total Attendance ......................... 8/96,655 named the 2015 N.L. Manager of the Year by the BBWAA. Average Attendance ..................................................................... 12,082 The 2018 campaign marks Maddon’s 44th season in pro baseball, his 25th at the major league level and 13th as a major league manager. Maddon previously managed the Rays for nine years from 2006-14, ROAD WARRIORS: The Cubs will open the 2018 campaign with 10-straight road leading Tampa Bay to four post-season appearances (2008, 2010, 2011, games (four in Miami, two in Cincinnati, four in Milwaukee) prior to their home 2013) and winning the American League pennant in 2008. opener, April 9 vs. Pittsburgh … this is the first time in 119 years in which Chicago opens a season with at least 10-straight road games … the 1899 Cubs played 12- AGAINST THE ANGELS: This is the second and final Spring meeting between the straight road games to begin the season, a trip in which they went Cubs and Angels … Chicago defeated the Halos, 6-4, at Tempe Diablo Stadium on 7-5 at Louisville, Cincinnati and St. Louis. March 2. BUSY BODIES: Since the start of the 2015 campaign, the Cubs have played 522 2017 REVIEW: The Cubs reached the National League Championship Series for games between the regular season (486) and postseason (36), the most of any the third-straight season, falling to the Los Angeles Dodgers, four-games-to-one big league club (Dodgers are second with 517 combined games and the Astros … became the first team to reach the NLCS three-straight seasons since the St. are third with 510). Louis Cardinals did so from 2011-14. BIRTHDAY BOYS!: Happy birthday wishes go out to Cubs third base coach Brian Butterfield, who turns 61, and outfielder Charcer Burks, who turns 23 … happy birthday, guys! 2018 CACTUS LEAGUE TEAM STATS CUBS ON THE W-L ERA SV IP H R ER HR BB SO MOUND Cubs Pitching 10-2 3.92 3 124.0 121 63 54 22 61 131 Today’s Pitchers AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO Cubs Hitting .286 483 91 138 29 3 16 83 54 110 Cubs Starter — #34 LHP Jon Lester (1-1, 4.15) W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2016 — CUBS 19-5 2.44 32 32 2 0 202.2 154 57 55 21 52 197 2017 — CUBS 13-8 4.33 32 32 1 0 180.2 179 101 87 26 60 180 2018 — CUBS (Spring Training) 1-1 4.15 2 2 0 0 4.1 4 2 2 1 4 6 MAJOR LEAGUE TOTALS 159-92 3.51 349 348 15 4 2184.1 2008 920 853 208 704 2041 A four-time All-Star and three-time World Series Champion, Jon is in his fourth season with Chicago after he signed with the Cubs on December 15, 2014 ..