The Chicago Cubs beat the San Diego Padres 8-3 on Apr 28, 2026 at Petco Park.
Final · Petco Park
Top performers
- Pete Crow-Armstrong went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Cubs.
- Edward Cabrera pitched 5.2 innings for the Cubs, allowing 3 earned runs with 7 strikeouts.
- Xander Bogaerts went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Padres.
- Walker Buehler pitched 4.2 innings for the Padres, allowing 2 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nico Hoerner | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Carson Kelly | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Shaw | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Moises Ballesteros | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ian Happ | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Alex Bregman | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicky Lopez | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Busch | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Dansby Swanson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 36 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Cabrera | 5.2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Ryan Rolison | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Hoby Milner | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fernando Tatis Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ty France | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramon Laureano | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jackson Merrill | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Luis Campusano | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Xander Bogaerts | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jake Cronenworth | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gavin Sheets | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Castellanos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 29 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walker Buehler | 4.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Ron Marinaccio | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Wandy Peralta | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Hart | 0.2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| David Morgan | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
Before and after
- Cubs · 2026 season · Previous Apr 27, 2026: CHC 7, SD 9 · Next Apr 29, 2026: CHC 5, SD 4
- Padres · 2026 season · Previous Apr 27, 2026: CHC 7, SD 9 · Next Apr 29, 2026: CHC 5, SD 4