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Chicago Cubs @ San Diego Padres

2026-04-29 · Day game · PETCO Park · Att: 36513 · 70°F, Sunny · Wind 13 mph, L To R · 2:48

Chicago Cubs defeated San Diego Padres 5–4. Chicago Cubs opened the scoring in the 2nd — Miguel Amaya singles on a ground ball to center fielder Jackson Merrill. Michael Conforto scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 8th: Manny Machado grounds into a double play, second baseman Matt Shaw to first baseman Michael Busch. Jackson Merrill out at 2nd. Manny Machado out at 1st — worth 33% in win probability.

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Line score

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

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Nico Hoerner SS	4	0	1	0	0	0
Moisés Ballesteros DH	5	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Bregman 3B	3	0	1	0	2	0
Ian Happ LF	4	0	1	0	1	2
Michael Busch 1B	4	0	0	0	1	0
Michael Conforto RF	4	2	1	0	0	0
Matt Shaw 2B	4	2	3	1	0	0
Pete Crow-Armstrong CF	4	1	1	3	0	1
Miguel Amaya C	3	0	1	1	1	0

San Diego Padres — batting

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