CHICAGO – Cubs lefty Shota Imanaga spun around on the mound, grimaced and threw his head back, looking to the heavens. Manny Machado tossed away his bat and turned to his Padres teammates in the first-base dugout,

Manny Machado's fifth inning, two-run homer propelled the San Diego Padres to a 3-0 road victory over the host Chicago Cubs on Wednesday in Game 2 of their National League Wild Card Series, setting up a winner-take-all Game 3 on Thursday.

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The Chicago Cubs and San Diego Padres are in the middle of Game 2 in the best-of-three National League Wild Card series.

David Ross, who served as the Cubs' skipper from 2020 to 2023, was fired in November of the latter year when Chicago stole Craig Counsell from the division-rival Milwaukee Brewers. In two offseasons since, Ross has been passed over by teams looking for new skippers, and his third attempt to find work is about to commence.

I think what people don’t necessarily understand about Nico (Hoerner) is just his competitive fire and spirit,” said Chicago Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson.

Seiya Suzuki and Carson Kelly went deep in the fifth to erase an early deficit, and the Chicago bullpen made that slim lead stand up with 4⅔ shutout frames.

The Chicago Cubs opened up a wild card series against the San Diego Padres on Tuesday, with Matthew Boyd drawing the start against Nick Pivetta. Chicago finished the regular season with a 92–70 record, good enough to earn the club’s first postseason appearance since the pandemic-shortened 2020 season.