San Diego Padres at Chicago Cubs

· NLWC - Game 3

San Diego Padres

90-72, 38-43 Away

Final
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Chicago Cubs

92-70, 50-31 Home

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

Xander Bogaerts incredibly unhappy with strikeout call in 9th

Backed by a raucous crowd of 40,895 at Wrigley Field, Chicago used its stellar defense to advance in the postseason for the first time since 2017.

Michael Busch hit a solo homer, and Jameson Taillon pitched four shutout innings before manager Craig Counsell used five relievers to close it out.

After Brad Keller faltered in the ninth — allowing Jackson Merrill’s leadoff homer and hitting two batters — Andrew Kittredge earned the save by retiring Jake Cronenworth on a bouncer to third and Freddy Fermin on a flyball to center.

Next up for Chicago is a matchup with NL Central champion Milwaukee for a compelling NL Division Series, beginning with Game 1 on Saturday.

Counsell managed the Brewers for nine years before he was hired by the Cubs in November 2023, and he has been lustily booed in Milwaukee ever since he departed.

It was a disappointing finish for San Diego after it made the postseason for the fourth time in the last six years. The Padres forced a decisive Game 3 with a 3-0 victory on Wednesday, but their biggest stars flopped in the series finale.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Fermin flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Cronenworth grounded out to third, Johnson to second, O'Hearn to third.
	9th Inning	Kittredge relieved Keller
	9th Inning	Johnson hit by pitch, O'Hearn to second.
	9th Inning	O'Hearn hit by pitch.
	9th Inning	Bogaerts struck out looking.

Statistics

SD		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	1
9	Ground Balls	10
8	Strikeouts	11
1	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
7	Hits	13
1	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	3
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	32
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	20
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	3
16	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	2
147	Pitches	136
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
12	Total Bases	19
36	Plate Appearances	35
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	4
3.3	Runs Created	6.1
.212	Batting Average	.406
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.364	Slugging Percentage	.594
.212	Secondary Average	.156
.278	On Base Percentage	.441
.641	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.035
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
3.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.9
19.0	Batter Rating	34.0
33.0	At Bats Per Home Run	32.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.08	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.89
.152	Isolated Power	.188
0.13	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.09
.028	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.029
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.250
2.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.6
72.5	MLB Rating	89.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0