Chicago Cubs

NL Wild Card · Game 2 · Best of 3

Ugh, no.

Chicago Cubs lost to the San Diego Padres

89-73 1 – 4

91-71

Final · Wed, Sep 30

Series: SD wins 2-0

Game Details

Petco Park (San Diego) · 47,513 fans · NBCSN, Peacock View tournament bracket →

Recap

Gavin Sheets' pinch-hit homer propels dominant Padres past Cubs 4-1 for 2-game Wild Card sweep

Pinch-hitter Gavin Sheets blasted a two-run homer, five Padres pitchers combined on a five-hitter, and San Diego swept the Chicago Cubs out of the NL Wild Card Series with a 4-1 victory in Game 2 on Wednesday night.

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
SD	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		4	8	0

Win Probability · Chicago Cubs

first pitchnow: 0%

Game Leaders

Chicago Cubs

Nico Hoerner · 2-4, 1 RBIBatting
Kevin Gausman · 3.1 IP, 3 ER, 1 K (L, 0-1)Pitching

San Diego Padres

Gavin Sheets · 1-1, HR, 2 RBI, 1 RBatting
Bradgley Rodriguez · 1.2 IP, 0 ER, 2 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 4th

HR Sheets homered to right (394 feet), Bogaerts scored.1–4

Top 4th

1B Hoerner singled to center, Suzuki scored, Happ to second.1–2

Bot 2nd

SF Salas hit sacrifice fly to center, Merrill scored.0–2

Bot 2nd

1B Bogaerts singled to right, France scored, Merrill to third.0–1

Team Stats

Chicago CubsSan Diego Padres

Batting

5 Hits 8

0 Home Runs 1

3 Walks 1

8 Strikeouts 6

0 Stolen Bases 1

15 Left on Base 7

Pitching & Fielding

140 Pitches Thrown 146

0 Errors 0

0 Double Plays 0

Box Score

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Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
P. Crow-ArmstrongCF	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000	17	.125	.000
A. BregmanDH	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000	21	.000	.000
M. Busch1B	2	0	0	0	1	0	.000	13	.286	.000
T. TaylorPH	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	4	1.000	1.000
P. Ramirez3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	.000	.000
S. SuzukiRF	4	1	1	0	0	2	.286	17	.375	.286
I. HappLF	3	0	0	0	1	1	.000	18	.250	.000
N. Hoerner2B	4	0	2	1	0	0	.500	16	.500	.625
M. Shaw1B	2	0	0	0	1	1	.000	15	.333	.000
M. ConfortoPH	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	6	.000	.000
C. KellyC	3	0	1	0	0	0	.167	7	.286	.167
D. SwansonSS	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000	12	.000	.000
Team	31	1	5	1	3	8		146

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
K. Gausman(L, 0-1)	3.1	5	3	3	0	1	0	54-33	8.10
D. Palencia	1.2	1	1	1	0	2	1	28-19	5.40
D. Peterson	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	28-17	0.00
R. Zeferjahn	1.1	1	0	0	1	2	0	30-19	0.00
Team	8.0	8	4	4	1	6	1	140-88

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Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
F. Tatis Jr.RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	24	.375	.714
D. HarrisLF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	10	.167	.167
J. BowenLF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	.000	.000
M. Machado3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.429	17	.500	1.000
T. France1B	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	.500	14	.500	.625
J. MerrillCF	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	.571	22	.625	.571
X. BogaertsSS	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	.500	19	.500	1.000
E. SalasC	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	.000	6	.000	.000
M. AndujarPH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	7	.000	.000
F. FerminC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	.000	.000
A. HaysDH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	4	.000	.000
G. SheetsDH	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	1.000	2	1.000	4.000
S. TaylorDH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	4	.000	.000
J. Cronenworth2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	11	.286	.167
Team	30	4	8	4	1	1	6		140

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
N. Pivetta	3.1	3	1	1	2	4	66-36	2.70
B. Rodriguez(W, 1-0)	1.2	0	0	0	1	2	21-13	0.00
J. Adam(H, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	11-6	0.00
A. Morejon(H, 1)	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	29-18	0.00
M. Miller(S, 1)	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	19-13	0.00
Team	9.0	5	1	1	3	8	146-86