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Chicago Cubs @ San Diego Padres

2026-04-28 · Night game · PETCO Park · Att: 40106 · 66°F, Clear · Wind 10 mph, L To R · 2:54

Chicago Cubs defeated San Diego Padres 8–3. Chicago Cubs opened the scoring in the 2nd — Dansby Swanson doubles (2) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Jackson Merrill. Ian Happ scores. Michael Busch scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Nico Hoerner doubles (8) on a line drive to center fielder Jackson Merrill. Nicky Lopez scores. Pete Crow-Armstrong scores — worth 26% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	2	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	8	8
SDN	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	6	1

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Nico Hoerner SS	5	0	1	2	0	0
Moisés Ballesteros DH	4	0	0	0	1	0
Seiya Suzuki RF	4	1	2	0	1	1
Ian Happ LF	3	1	0	0	1	0
Michael Busch 1B	2	1	0	0	2	2
Carson Kelly C	5	1	1	0	0	1
Alex Bregman 3B	2	1	2	1	0	0
Nicky Lopez 2B	2	1	0	0	0	0
Dansby Swanson SS	1	0	1	2	0	0
Pete Crow-Armstrong CF	4	2	1	3	1	2
Matt Shaw 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1

San Diego Padres — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ramon Laureano LF	4	0	1	0	0	2
Fernando Tatis 2B	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jackson Merrill CF	4	0	0	0	0	1
Xander Bogaerts SS	3	2	1	1	1	2
Ty France 1B	4	1	2	1	0	0
Nick Castellanos PH	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gavin Sheets DH	2	0	0	0	0	0
Luis Campusano C	4	0	1	1	0	2
Bryce Johnson RF	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jake Cronenworth 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0