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Padres Sweep Cubs With 4-1 Wild Card Game 2 Win

Pinch-hitter Gavin Sheets hit a two-run homer as San Diego finished Chicago in two games Wednesday at Petco Park and advanced to face Milwaukee.

Kit Brennan, a Bayside Bleachers desk pen name ·

Petco Park scoreboard after a National League Wild Card Series clinching win
AI-generated illustration; not a photograph of Petco Park scoreboard after a National League Wild Card Series clinching win.

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Padres beat the Chicago Cubs 4-1 on Wednesday in Game 2 of the National League Wild Card Series at Petco Park, sweeping the best-of-three set, per MLB.com.

Xander Bogaerts drove in a run and Ethan Salas added a sacrifice fly before the Cubs scored their only run of the series in the fourth. Pinch-hitter Gavin Sheets answered with a two-run home run off Daniel Palencia. San Diego’s bullpen closed out the clincher.

Game 1 of the NL Division Series against the Milwaukee Brewers is Saturday at 8:30 p.m. ET in Milwaukee on FS1, FOX Deportes and FOX One, with Jacob Misiorowski lined up for Milwaukee.

Source: MLB

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