The Chicago Cubs beat the San Diego Padres 3-1 on Oct 2, 2025 in the postseason at Wrigley Field.
Final · Postseason · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Jackson Merrill went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Padres.
- Jeremiah Estrada pitched 2.0 innings for the Padres, allowing 0 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- Michael Busch went 3-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Cubs.
- Jameson Taillon pitched 4.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 0 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
San Diego Padres box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xander Bogaerts | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Luis Arraez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fernando Tatis Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jake Cronenworth | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Freddy Fermin | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackson Merrill | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Manny Machado | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gavin Sheets | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Iglesias | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 33 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah Estrada | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Yu Darvish | 1.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Wandy Peralta | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael King | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Adrian Morejon | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Robert Suarez | 1.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| David Morgan | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
Chicago Cubs box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Tucker | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nico Hoerner | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Michael Busch | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Carson Kelly | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dansby Swanson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Ian Happ | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Shaw | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Team | 32 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jameson Taillon | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Brad Keller | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Daniel Palencia | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew Pomeranz | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Andrew Kittredge | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
Before and after
- Padres · 2025 season · Previous Oct 1, 2025: SD 3, CHC 0 · Next Feb 20, 2026: SD 4, SEA 7
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