Chicago Cubs-San Diego Padres wild-card schedule
Chicago Tribune • • sports
Key Points:
- The Chicago Cubs, seeded No. 5, will face the No. 4 San Diego Padres in a best-of-three National League wild-card series starting Tuesday at Petco Park.
- The Cubs finished second in the NL Central for the fourth straight year, with the Milwaukee Brewers winning the division again; last season, the Cubs defeated the Padres in the wild-card series but lost to the Brewers in the division series.
- This season, the Cubs dominated the Padres with a 5-1 record and a combined score of 55-28, including a notable 23-3 victory on July 1.
- The wild-card series games will be broadcast on Peacock/NBCSN, with Game 1 on Tuesday at 9 p.m., Game 2 on Wednesday at 9 p.m., and a potential Game 3 on Thursday.
- The winner of the Cubs-Padres series will face the Brewers in the division series beginning October 3, with subsequent championship series scheduled from October 11-20.
