Chicago Cubs

NL Wild Card · Game 1 · Best of 3

Ugh, no.

Chicago Cubs lost to the San Diego Padres

89-73 0 – 8

91-71

Final · Tue, Sep 29

Series: SD leads 1-0

Game Details

Petco Park (San Diego) · 47,084 fans · NBCSN, Peacock View tournament bracket →

Recap

Padres rout Cubs 8-0 in emphatic Wild Card opener with Tatis' leadoff homer, King's no-hit bid

Fernando Tatis Jr. hit the first leadoff homer in Padres playoff history on the Cubs’ first pitch, Michael King took a no-hitter into the seventh...

Recap via ESPN

Petco Park · San Diego

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
SD	2	0	1	1	3	0	1	0		8	13	1

Win Probability · Chicago Cubs

first pitchnow: 0%

Game Leaders

Chicago Cubs

Nico Hoerner · 2-4Batting
Matthew Boyd · 4.0 IP, 4 ER, 4 K (L, 0-1)Pitching

San Diego Padres

Manny Machado · 2-3, HR, 2 RBI, 2 RBatting
Michael King · 7.0 IP, 0 ER, 8 K (W, 1-0)Pitching

2026 National League Central Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Milwaukee	103	59	.636	-	W5
Chicago	89	73	.549	14	W1
Pittsburgh	82	80	.506	21	W1
St. Louis	77	85	.475	26	L4
Cincinnati	75	87	.463	28	L1

2026 National League West Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Los Angeles	100	62	.617	-	W3
San Diego	91	71	.562	9	W2
Arizona	86	76	.531	14	L2
San Francisco	65	97	.401	35	L5
Colorado	58	104	.358	42	L1

Scoring

Bot 7th

SB Tatis Jr. scored on throwing error by catcher Kelly.0–8

Bot 5th

PB France scored on a passed ball by Kelly, Merrill to second on passed ball by Kelly.0–7

Bot 5th

1B Merrill singled to right, Campusano scored and Machado scored, France to third.0–6

Bot 4th

HR Bogaerts homered to left (399 feet).0–4

Bot 3rd

2B Machado doubled to center, Tatis Jr. scored.0–3

Bot 1st

HR Machado homered to left center (391 feet).0–2

Bot 1st

HR Tatis Jr. homered to center (405 feet).0–1

Team Stats

Chicago CubsSan Diego Padres

Batting

3 Hits 13

0 Home Runs 3

4 Walks 2

11 Strikeouts 7

1 Stolen Bases 1

15 Left on Base 10

Pitching & Fielding

132 Pitches Thrown 130

1 Errors 1

0 Double Plays 0

Box Score

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Batting

Player	AB	H	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
P. Crow-ArmstrongCF	3	0	1	3	.000	17	.250	.000
A. BregmanDH	4	0	0	3	.000	17	.000	.000
M. Busch1B	3	0	1	1	.000	15	.250	.000
S. SuzukiRF	3	1	1	0	.333	19	.500	.333
I. HappLF	3	0	1	0	.000	11	.250	.000
N. Hoerner2B	4	2	0	0	.500	10	.500	.500
P. Ramirez3B	4	0	0	1	.000	15	.000	.000
C. KellyC	3	0	0	1	.000	9	.000	.000
M. ConfortoPH	1	0	0	1	.000	6	.000	.000
D. SwansonSS	3	0	0	1	.000	11	.000	.000
Team	31	3	4	11		130

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
M. Boyd(L, 0-1)	4.0	5	4	4	1	4	3	58-42	9.00
J. Assad	0.2	2	3	2	1	1	0	18-9	27.00
R. Rolison	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	16-9	0.00
A. Civale	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	24-15	9.00
J. Webb	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	16-12	0.00
Team	8.0	13	8	7	2	7	3	132-87

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Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
F. Tatis Jr.RF	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	.667	17	.750	1.667
S. TaylorLF	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	4	.000	.000
D. HarrisLF	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	10	.500	.500
J. BowenLF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	.000	.000
M. Machado3B	3	2	2	2	1	1	0	.667	14	.750	2.000
T. France1B	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.500	12	.500	.500
J. MerrillCF	4	0	2	2	0	0	1	.500	10	.500	.500
A. HaysDH	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	14	.000	.000
X. BogaertsSS	4	1	2	1	1	0	1	.500	24	.500	1.250
J. Cronenworth2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	13	.250	.250
L. CampusanoC	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.250	14	.250	.250
Team	34	8	13	6	3	2	7		132