San Diego Padres @ Chicago Cubs

NLWC - Game 3 • CHC win series 2-1

90-72, 38-43 Away

Final

92-70, 50-31 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
F. Tatis Jr.RF	0-4	0	0	0	.083
L. Arraez1B	0-4	0	0	0	.182
M. Machado3B	0-3	0	0	0	.100
J. MerrillCF	2-4	1	1	1	.333
X. BogaertsSS	1-4	0	0	0	.333
R. O'HearnDH	1-3	0	0	0	.222
G. SheetsLF	1-2	0	0	0	.167
J. IglesiasPH	0-1	0	0	0	.000
B. JohnsonLF	0-0	0	0	0	.000
J. Cronenworth2B	0-4	0	0	0	.000
F. FerminC	2-4	0	0	0	.364
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 3rd: Fermin grounded out to third. 5th: Fermin doubled to left, Sheets to third. 8th: Fermin singled to left. 9th: Fermin flied out to center.

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
Y. Darvish	1.0	4	2	0	1	21-13	18.00
J. Estrada	2.0	1	0	1	2	30-19	3.38
M. King	1.0	1	0	0	3	19-13	0.00
W. Peralta	1.0	2	0	0	0	16-9	0.00
R. Suarez	1.0	4	1	0	2	31-20	3.86
A. Morejon	1.0	0	0	0	1	8-6	0.00
D. Morgan	1.0	1	0	0	2	11-8	0.00

According to ESPN Analytics

CHC

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Wrigley Field

5:00 PM, October 2, 2025Coverage: ESPN

Chicago, Illinois

Attendance: 40,895

Game Time:3:00

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - D.J. Reyburn
First Base Umpire - Todd Tichenor
Second Base Umpire - Mike Muchlinski
Third Base Umpire - Ben May
Left Field Umpire - Erich Bacchus
Right Field Umpire - Cory Blaser

Cubs beat Padres 3-1 to clinch Wild Card Series, advance to NL Division Series against the Brewers

— Pete Crow-Armstrong hit an RBI single off a shaky Yu Darvish, and the Chicago Cubs shut down Fernando Tatis Jr. and the San Diego Padres for a clinching 3-1 victory in Game 3 of their NL Wild Card Series on Thursday.

Oct 6, 2025, 03:10 am - AP


SD
CHC

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

Scoring Summary

		SD	CHC
2nd	Crow-Armstrong singled to center, Tucker scored, Kelly to second, Suzuki to third.	0	1
2nd	Swanson walked, Suzuki scored, Crow-Armstrong to second, Kelly to third.	0	2
7th	Busch homered to right center (400 feet).	0	3
9th	Merrill homered to right center (369 feet).	1	3

Data is currently unavailable.

Padres
1
Cubs
3

Game 1

9/30

Padres
3
Cubs
0

Game 2

10/1

Padres
1
Cubs
3

Game 3

10/2

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Los Angeles	63	38	.624	-	L2
Arizona	51	49	.510	11.5	L1
San Diego	49	51	.490	13.5	L1
San Francisco	42	58	.420	20.5	L3
Colorado	40	62	.392	23.5	L2

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	63	37	.630	-	W4
Chicago	56	44	.560	7	L1
St. Louis	51	48	.515	11.5	L3
Pittsburgh	52	49	.515	11.5	L1
Cincinnati	45	54	.455	17.5	L1

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San Diego Padres @ Chicago Cubs

Cubs beat Padres 3-1 to clinch Wild Card Series, advance to NL Division Series against the Brewers

D. Palencia2-0

Y. Darvish0-1

A. Kittredge1

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