The Chicago Cubs will meet the San Diego Padres in the NL Wild Card Series on Wednesday, Oct. 1 at 3:08 p.m. ET, live on ABC from Wrigley Field. Tickets for Game 2 of the Cubs vs. Padres playoff series are still available on StubHub.

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The Cubs (92-70) won the NL's top wild card spot to earn home-field advantage against the Padres (90-72), who are making consecutive postseason appearances for just the second time in franchise history. The two teams haven't met since April, splitting the six matchups early in the season.

Nick Pivetta was cruising, and the Chicago Cubs were getting closer to the precipice. It may have only been the fifth inning, but time was running out for the C

The Cubs have been striving to return to the postseason since dismantling the old core group that helped the franchise end its 108-year World Series drought in 2016. The Padres have been one of baseball’s elite teams in recent years,

CHICAGO — The sudden pop of back-to-back home runs by Seiya Suzuki and Carson Kelly lifted the Chicago Cubs to a 3-1 victory on Tuesday afternoon at Wrigley Field, pushing the San Diego Padres to the brink of playoff elimination.

Here’s hoping he channels what he did against the Padres April 5 at Wrigley Field — six shutout innings, allowing five hits and striking out five. He also had a nice game against them April 16 in San Diego — two runs in 5.

That would be tenured right-hander Colin Rea, who made 27 starts for the Cubs during the regular season and will work as a multi-inning volume reliever for them in October. That's another point of distinction when it comes to the Chicago bullpen as it exists in this moment in time.

Seiya Suzuki and Carson Kelly hit back-to-back homers, helping the Chicago Cubs beat the San Diego Padres 3-1 on Tuesday in Game 1 of their National League Wild Card Series. Chicago also got a perfect performance from its bullpen in the franchise’s first playoff win since the 2017 National League Championship Series.

Adrian Morejon took the mound in the bottom of the sixth inning and allowed back-to-back singles. He then induced a groundball to Machado at third base, who threw to Jake Cronenworth at second base and he threw to Luis Arraez at first base to complete the double play. Morejon then got Kyle Tucker to pop out to center field to end the frame.