The San Diego Padres and the Chicago Cubs battled by means of 9 innings, however wanted extras to determine the sport at Petco Park, Tuesday evening.
The Cubs took the lead with the primary batter within the high of the tenth inning. Nico Hoerner confronted Yuki Matsui with Dansby Swanson beginning the inning on second base. Hoerner lined a ball in to the right-center area hole to attain Swanson and provides Chicago a 2-1 lead. Matsui then recorded a fly out, and back-to-back strikeouts of Miguel Amaya and Jon Berti to strand Hoerner at third.
The Padres threatened of their half of the tenth and had a runner on third base with one out after Jose Iglesias stole third base. Elias Diaz got here in to pinch hit for Martin Maldonado and hit a comfortable floor ball over the pitcher’s mound. Chicago pitcher Caleb Thielbar fielded the ball and threw out Diaz, leaving Iglesias at third.
With two outs, Fernando Tatis Jr. stepped to the plate with an opportunity to tie or maybe win the sport. He noticed two pitches from Thielbar and was forward within the rely 2-0, when Chicago determined to deliberately stroll him to face Luis Arraez. He noticed one pitch and hit a fly ball to left-center area that was caught to finish the menace and the sport, giving the Cubs a 2-1 win.
The San Diego Padres lose their 1st residence sport of the season, snapping their 11-game successful streak at Petco, dropping 2-1 in 10 innings to the Chicago Cubs.
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) April 16, 2025
Chicago seemed to be getting ready to breaking the 1-1 tie within the high of the seventh. Jeremiah Estrada got here in to switch Adrian Morejon, who allowed a single to Kyle Tucker to start out the inning. Estrada shortly obtained the primary out of the inning with a strikeout of Justin Turner.
With a runner on first, Estrada seemed to be out of the inning when Michael Busch hit a comebacker to him on the mound that appeared destined to lead to a double play. As an alternative, Estrada spiked the throw to second the place shortstop Xander Bogaerts was ready to start out the flip. The ball rolled away from Bogaerts and Tucker was capable of go from first to 3rd base on the play. Busch stood on first after the error.
Estrada responded after the error by getting a strikeout of Swanson and completed the inning when Hoerner flied out to Gavin Sheets in left area for the third out.
Jason Adam got here on to pitch for the Padres within the high of the eighth and he too, labored into and out of bother. With two outs, Adam allowed a stroll to Berti, who then stole second base. Ian Happ adopted with a come out to Bogaerts to finish the eighth.
Robert Suarez got here on within the ninth inning, which isn’t unusual since he has transformed all seven of his save alternatives. This time, Suarez got here in to a tie sport and was given the duty of dealing with Tucker, Turner and Busch. The nearer retired the primary two batters, however then allowed a double to Busch. Suarez then ended the inning when Swanson struck out on a excessive fastball, holding the sport tied because the Padres went to the underside of the ninth inning.
Manny Machado put San Diego up 1-0 along with his second residence run of the season within the backside of the fifth inning. Chicago answered within the high of the sixth by manufacturing a run on two singles and a sacrifice bunt by Pete Crow-Armstrong that made the rating 1-1.
The Padres tackle the Cubs within the ultimate sport of the collection, Wednesday at 1:10 p.m.
