The Chicago Cubs beat the San Diego Padres 5-4 on Apr 29, 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.
- Jameson Taillon pitched 7.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 3 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
- Nick Castellanos went 1-for-2 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Padres.
- Matt Waldron pitched 5.0 innings for the Padres, allowing 3 earned runs with 1 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moises Ballesteros | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Happ | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Michael Conforto | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nico Hoerner | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Busch | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Shaw | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Miguel Amaya | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Alex Bregman | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 35 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
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 | 7.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Ben Brown | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hoby Milner | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ty France | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Manny Machado | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Fernando Tatis Jr. | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Miguel Andujar | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackson Merrill | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jake Cronenworth | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nick Castellanos | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Luis Campusano | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ramon Laureano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 28 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Waldron | 5.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Bradgley Rodriguez | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Adam | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Mason Miller | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Adrian Morejon | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Before and after
- Cubs · 2026 season · Previous Apr 28, 2026: CHC 8, SD 3 · Next May 1, 2026: ARI 5, CHC 6
- Padres · 2026 season · Previous Apr 28, 2026: CHC 8, SD 3 · Next May 1, 2026: CHW 8, SD 2