San Diego Padres (9-18) vs. Chicago Cubs (10-14-5) March 26, 2017 … Sloan Park … Spring Game Nos. 30 & 31 Vs. Padres – RHP Trevor Cahill (0-1, 4.40) vs. RHP Alec Mills (0-0, 6.00) Vs. Reds (Las Vegas) – RHP Tim Adleman (2-2, 10.66) vs. RHP Eddie Butler (4-0, 2.70) 2017 CACTUS LEAGUE SEASON: The Chicago Cubs today split up to play the San Diego Padres in Mesa and take on the Cincinnati Reds at Cashman Field in Cubs 2017 Spring Record Las Vegas … Chicago has just seven Cactus League/exhibition games remaining Overall: 10-14-5 .................... Home*: 4-6-3 ..................... Road: 6-8-2 before opening the regular season in St. Louis on April 2. *3-6-3 at Sloan Park … 1-0 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. Monday at Cleveland (6:05 p.m.): A WEEK FROM TODAY!: The Cubs open the 2017 regular season exactly a week LHP Jon Lester (0-0, 5.40) vs. LHP Tyler Olson (0-0, 2.08) from today … Cubs southpaw Jon Lester will make the Opening Night start in St. Louis while the Cardinals will send righty Carlos Martinez to the bump. Cubs Game-By-Game Schedule/Results YESTERDAY’S ACTION: The Cubs yesterday defeated the Reds in Las Vegas, DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATT. 11-7, and fell to the Rockies in Scottsdale, 7-4. Sat, 2/25 Oakland W, 4-3 14,929 In Las Vegas, Kris Bryant doubled and homered while Ian Happ was 2- San Francisco – Scottsdale L, 6-8 11,515 for-4 with a homer and four RBI … Chesny Young and Victor Caratini also went deep while starter Kyle Hendricks tossed 3.0 shutout innings, Sun, 2/26 Cleveland T, 1-1 15,388 walking four and striking out one. Mon, 2/27 Chicago (A.L.) T, 4-4 14,621 In Scottsdale, Brett Anderson allowed just an unearned run in 4.0 Tue, 2/28 Los Angeles (A.L.) L, 5-7 12,688 innings while Jason Heyward belted a two-run homer. Wed, 3/1 Kansas City – Surprise W, 7-3 7,593 CUBS IN LAS VEGAS: The Cubs are 15-13 in 28 exhibition games at Cashman Thu, 3/2 Cincinnati – Goodyear L, 2-6 6,722 Field since first playing here in 1993 … Chicago has played in Las Vegas every Arizona – Scottsdale L, 1-3 13,309 year since 2005 … last season, the Cubs split two games against the New York Mets, March 31-April 1. Fri, 3/3 Cincinnati L, 4-8 15,037 Sat, 3/4 Los Angeles (N.L.) W, 9-3 15,438 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ROB Z!: Cubs lefty Rob Zastryzny turns 25 years old today … happy birthday, Rob! Sun, 3/5 Texas – Surprise T, 9-9 11,048 Mon, 3/6 Los Angeles (A.L.) – Tempe W, 13-10 7,384 TIES, TIES AND MORE TIES: While Chicago’s five ties this spring seem like an Tue, 3/7 WBC Team Italy L, 7-8 10,762 anomaly, Elias reports that since 2010 this is the 16th time a team has recorded at least five ties in Spring Training … the 2015 Dodgers lead this group, having Wed, 3/8 OFF DAY recorded eight ties that spring. Thu, 3/9 Seattle L, 6-8 15,107 FUN WITH NUMBERS: Eddie Butler leads the Cactus League with four victories Fri, 3/10 Seattle – Peoria L, 10-11 12,201 … Ian Happ leads the Cactus League with 17 RBI while his .417 average (20-for- Sat, 3/11 Colorado W, 4-3 15,501 48) and .813 slugging percentage are second … his 20 hits and 39 total bases Sun, 3/12 Oakland – Mesa L, 8-9 10,606 are both tied for third and his .473 on-base percentage is fourth … Happ and Addison Russell are tied for third in the Cactus League with five homers apiece. Mon, 3/13 San Diego – Peoria W, 3-1 11,194 The Cubs 41 home runs are the most in the Cactus League, one head of Tue, 3/14 Milwaukee T, 7-7 15,478 Milwaukee’s 40 blasts. Wed, 3/15 Arizona L, 3-7 15,404 Ian Happ leads the team with a 1.285 OPS … others with an OPS over Thu, 3/16 Los Angeles (N.L.) – Glendale W, 4-0 13,108 1.000 thus far (min. 30 PA): Addison Russell (1.142) and Willson Contreras (1.011). Fri, 3/17 Chicago (A.L.) – Glendale W, 7-3 12,972 Kyle Hendricks and Mike Montgomery are tied for the team lead with 15 Sat, 3/18 WBC Team Japan W, 6-4 14,204 strikeouts apiece. Milwaukee – Maryvale L, 7-13 10,134 OPENING NIGHT NOTES: According to Ed Hartig, April 2 will be the first time in Sun, 3/19 Kansas City (7:05 p.m.) L, 2-6 15,497 16,945 games that the Cubs will open a season as defending World Series Mon, 3/20 Colorado – Scottsdale W, 9-6 13,380 champions … the previous time was April 14, 1909 when they beat the Tue, 3/21 OFF DAY Cardinals, 3-1, at the West Side Grounds. Wed, 3/22 Cincinnati – Goodyear L, 5-2 (5) 11,553 The Cubs will be playing the Cardinals in the season opener for the 32nd time … the only team Chicago has opened against more times is the Thu, 3/23 Arizona – Scottsdale T, 5-5 14,002 Reds, with 36 such games. Fri, 3/24 Cleveland L, 2-4 15,473 CAMP BREAKDOWN: The Cubs have 36 players in camp, including seven non- Sat, 3/25 Cincinnati – Las Vegas W, 11-7 11,455 roster invitees … the breakdown by position: 16 pitchers, five catchers (two Colorado – Scottsdale L, 4-7 13,565 non-roster), 10 infielders (four non-roster) and five outfielders (one non-roster). Sun, 3/26 San Diego* Chicago has its top selections in the 2011 (Javier Baez), 2012 (Albert Cincinnati (Cashman Field, Las Vegas, 1:05 PT)#+ Almora Jr.), 2013 (Kris Bryant), 2014 (Kyle Schwarber) and 2015 (Ian Happ) drafts in camp. Mon, 3/27 Cleveland – Goodyear (6:05 p.m.)+ This year’s camp has players from seven countries or commonwealths Tue, 3/28 San Francisco^* represented: the United States, Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Wed, 3/29 Oakland* Japan, Puerto Rico and Venezuela. Thu, 3/30 Houston (Minute Maid Park, 7:10 p.m. CT)#* JOE MADDON AT THE HELM: Joe Maddon begins his third season as manager Fri, 3/31 Houston (Minute Maid Park, 1:10 p.m. CT)^* 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 +670 The Score … #WGN … ^CSN … *Cubs.com of the Year by the BBWAA. All Games 1:05 p.m. Arizona time unless otherwise noted The 2017 campaign marks Maddon’s 43rd season in professional March 7 vs. Italy & March 18 vs. Team Japan do not count towards baseball, his 24th at the major league level and 12th as a major league Cactus League stats nor attendance totals manager. Maddon previously managed the Rays for nine years from 2006-14, 2017 SLOAN PARK CACTUS LEAGUE ATTENDANCE FIGURES leading Tampa Bay to four post-season appearances (2008, 2010, 2011, 2013) and winning the American League pennant in 2008. No. of Games at Sloan Park/Total Attendance ..................... 12/180,561 Average Attendance ..................................................................... 15,047 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 they defeated the Cleveland Indians in the Fall Classic, four-games-to-three … SLOAN PARK: The Cubs return for their fourth season at Sloan Park following 17 the N.L. Pennant was Chicago’s first since 1945 … Chicago dispatched of the years at HoHoKam Stadium in Mesa (1997-2013) … the club set numerous San Francisco Giants in the NLDS, 3-1, before they beat the Los Angeles Spring Training attendance marks last season, averaging 15,078 fans per game. Dodgers, 4-2, in the NLCS. Sloan Park owns the top-10 single-game Cactus League attendance marks, including the record of 15,523 set March 20, 2016 vs. the Royals. AGAINST THE PADRES: This is the second of two Spring Training meetings The Cubs have drawn 180,561 fans to Cactus League games at Sloan between the Cubs and Padres … Chicago defeated San Diego, 3-1, at Peoria Park this spring … that total leads the majors. Stadium on March 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 4-8 3.89 81.0 87 38 35 9 19 66 Cubs Relievers 6-6 6.24 168.2 221 129 117 23 79 140 Totals 10-14 5.48 249.2 308 167 152 32 98 204 Today’s Cubs Starter — #24 RHP Alec Mills W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2015 — Wilmington-A 7-7 3.02 21 21 1 0 113.1 122 42 38 3 14 111 2016 — Northwest Arkansas-AA 1-2 2.39 12 12 0 0 67.2 57 19 18 2 12 68 Kansas City 0-0 13.50 3 0 0 0 3.1 3 5 5 0 5 4 Omaha-AAA 4-3 4.19 12 11 0 0 58.0 62 29 27 8 19 54 2017 — CUBS (Spring Training) 0-0 6.00 3 1 0 0 6.0 10 6 4 1 3 4 MAJOR LEAGUE TOTALS 0-0 13.50 3 0 0 0 3.1 3 5 5 0 5 4 Alec joins the Cubs after being acquired from Kansas City February 8 of this season for minor league OF Donnie Dewees ..