Chicago Cubs (6-1-2) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks (3-7) March 4, 2018 … Salt River Fields at Talking Stick … Spring Game No. 10 RHP Taijuan Walker (0-0, 9.00) vs. LHP Jon Lester (1-0, 5.40) 2018 CACTUS LEAGUE SEASON: The Chicago Cubs, unbeaten in their last eight games (6-0-2), today continue the 2018 Cactus League schedule as they head to Cubs 2018 Spring Record Scottsdale to play the Arizona Diamondbacks … the Cubs will play 36 games this Overall: 6-1-2 ......................... Home: 4-0-2 ...................... Road: 2-1-0 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. Monday at Rockies San Francisco is second, as this marks the club’s 38th consecutive spring RHP Kyle Hendricks (1-0, 0.00) vs. LHP Tyler Anderson (0-0, 4.50) in Scottsdale, Ariz. Cubs Game-By-Game Schedule/Results SEEING RED AT SLOAN: The Cubs yesterday defeated the Cincinnati Reds at Sloan Park, 7-4, as Tommy La Stella was 2-for-3 with two runs, two doubles and DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATT. a RBI while Ali Solis belted a three-run homer as part of Chicago’s four-run seventh inning … Jacob Hannemann walked three times, scored a run and drove Fri, 2/23 Milwaukee L, 1-2 4,489 in a run, and Mike Freeman was 3-for-3 with a RBI. Sat, 2/24 Texas W, 6-1 14,821 Tyler Chatwood made his second start and tossed 2.0 scoreless innings Sun, 2/25 San Francisco W, 12-10 10,186 (1 BB, 1 SO) while Justin Wilson (1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO), Mike Montgomery (1.0 IP, 1 BB, 1 SO) and Carl Edwards Jr. (1.0 IP, 1 H) followed. Mon, 2/26 Seattle T, 9-9 10,021 Tue, 2/27 Chicago (A.L.) W, 6-5 10,769 EARLY RETURNS: Mike Freeman’s 10 hits lead the Cactus League while his .588 Wed, 2/28 Oakland W, 7-5 8,313 average, .632 on-base percentage and seven runs scored are all second, and his Thu, 3/1 Colorado T, 2-2 10,167 .824 slugging percentage is sixth … Ian Happ’s three homers are tied for fourth. Fri, 3/2 Los Angeles (A.L.) W, 6-4 8,194 CAMP BREAKDOWN: The Cubs open Spring Training with 63 players in major Sat, 3/3 Cincinnati W, 7-4 15,516 league camp, including 36 pitchers (nine non-roster), six catchers (four non- Sun, 3/4 Arizona – Scottsdale (1:10 PM)+ roster), 13 infielders (five non-roster) and eight outfielders (four non-roster) … there are 40 players on the 40-man roster, 22 non-roster invitees and one Mon, 3/5 Colorado – Scottsdale (1:10 PM)* player on the 60-day disabled list (LHP Drew Smyly). Tue, 3/6 Los Angeles (N.L.)* This year’s camp has players from 10 countries or commonwealths Wed, 3/7 Cleveland – Goodyear (6:05 PM)#* represented: the United States, Canada, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Thu, 3/8 San Diego* Panama, Japan, Colombia, Taiwan, Puerto Rico and Mexico. Fri, 3/9 Los Angeles (A.L.) (1:10 PM)+ YEAR FIVE AT SLOAN PARK: The Cubs this season return for their fifth season at Sat, 3/10 Chicago (A.L.) (ss)+ Sloan Park … the club again last season set a Cactus League single-season Los Angeles (N.L.) – Glendale (ss, 7:05 PM)* attendance record with 226,933 fans passing through the gates. Sun, 3/11 Oakland* NEWCOMERS: Chicago enters the season with 13 new players on the 40-man Mon, 3/12 OFF DAY roster since the conclusion of the 2017 regular season … the Cubs also had 13 Tue, 3/13 San Diego – Peoria (ss, 1:10 PM)* new players on the 40-man roster entering the 2017 Spring Training campaign. Pitchers Dario Alvarez, Tyler Chatwood, Steve Cishek, Yu Darvish, San Francisco (ss, 7:05 PM)* Brandon Morrow, Shae Simmons and Drew Smyly were signed as free Wed, 3/14 Kansas City – Surprise* agents. Thu, 3/15 Arizona* Pitchers Adbert Alzolay and Oscar De La Cruz, and infielder David Bote, were promoted from within. Fri, 3/16 Chicago (A.L.) – Glendale* Pitchers Luke Farrell (via Reds), Cory Mazzoni (via Padres) and Randy Sat, 3/17 Cleveland (ss)* Rosario (via Twins) were acquired via waiver claim. Cleveland – Las Vegas (ss, 4:05 PM Vegas Time)# NEW COACHES: The Cubs major league coaching staff features five new faces in Sun, 3/18 Kansas City (ss) 2018: Jim Hickey (Pitching), Chili Davis (Hitting), Brian Butterfield (Third Base), Cleveland – Las Vegas (ss, 1:05 PM Vegas Time)^+ Will Venable (First Base) and Andy Haines (Assistant Hitting Coach) … Davis and Mon, 3/19 Cincinnati – Goodyear (6:05 PM)* Butterfield held the same positions with Boston last season, while Hickey joins Tue, 3/20 OFF DAY from Tampa Bay … Venable joined the organization in 2017 as a special assistant in baseball operations, while Haines served as the club’s minor league Wed, 3/21 Texas - Surprise* hitting coordinator. Thu, 3/22 San Francisco - Scottsdale (7:05 PM)+ Brandon Hyde moves to Bench Coach, a position he previously held in Fri, 3/23 Milwaukee+ 2014, before serving as first base coach the past three seasons … Lester Sat, 3/24 Colorado (ss, 7:05 PM)^+ Strode (Bullpen) enters his team-high 12th season on the staff, while Mike Borzello (Catching and Strategy) enters his seventh season … Seattle - Peoria (ss, 6:40 PM) Franklin Font (seventh season) and Juan Cabreja (second season) Sun, 3/25 Kansas City - Surprise (12:05 PM)#+ returns as Staff Assistants … Bullpen Catcher Chad Noble returns for his Mon, 3/26 Boston – Fort Myers, Fla. (6:05 PM ET)* fifth season. Tue, 3/27 Boston – Fort Myers, Fla. (1:05 PM ET)* JOE MADDON AT THE HELM: Joe Maddon begins his fourth season as manager +670 The Score … #WGN … ^NBC Sports Chicago … *Cubs.com of the Cubs … has compiled 292 regular season wins and a World Series All Games 1:05 p.m. Arizona time unless otherwise noted 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. 2018 SLOAN PARK CACTUS LEAGUE ATTENDANCE FIGURES 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. No. of Games at Sloan Park/Total Attendance ......................... 6/69,607 Maddon previously managed the Rays for nine years from 2006-14, Average Attendance ..................................................................... 11,601 leading Tampa Bay to four post-season appearances (2008, 2010, 2011, 2013) and winning the American League pennant in 2008.p 2017 REVIEW: The Cubs reached the National League Championship Series for AGAINST THE DIAMONDBACKS: The Cubs and Diamondbacks play twice this the third-straight season, falling to the Los Angeles Dodgers, four-games-to-one month … following today’s game in Scottsdale, the teams will meet at Sloan … became the first team to reach the NLCS three-straight seasons since the St. Park, March 15. Louis Cardinals did so from 2011-14. The Cubs host Arizona at Wrigley Field for a four-game set, July 23-26 … BUSY BODIES: Since the start of the 2015 campaign, the Cubs have played 522 the teams meet at Chase Field for three games, September 17-19, in games between the regular season (486) and postseason (36), the most of any Chicago’s final road trip of the regular season. big league club (Dodgers are second with 517 combined games and the Astros ROAD WARRIORS: The Cubs will open the 2018 campaign with 10-straight road are third with 510). games (four in Miami, two in Cincinnati, four in Milwaukee) prior to their home opener, April 9 vs. Pittsburgh … this is the first time in 119 years in which HAPPY BIRTHDAY!: Cubs pitcher Oscar De La Cruz turns 23 today … happy Chicago opens a season with at least 10-straight road games … the 1899 Cubs birthday, Oscar! played 12-straight road games to begin the season, a trip in which they went 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 6-1 4.28 2 80.0 84 42 38 12 40 83 Today’s Pitchers AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO Cubs Hitting .275 306 56 84 15 2 9 49 31 71 Cubs Starter — #34 LHP Jon Lester (1-0, 5.40) 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) 1-0 5.40 1 1 0 0 1.2 1 1 1 0 2 3 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 ... owns a 159-92 record with a 3.51 ERA (853 ER/2,184.1 IP) in 349 games, all but one as a starter, with Boston (2006-14), Oakland (2014) and the Cubs (2015-17).