The Chicago Cubs and San Diego Padres are in the middle of Game 2 in the best-of-three Wild Card series. The Cubs won Game 1 on Tuesday night thanks to back-to-back home runs from Seiya Suzuki and Carson Kelly. If the Cubs win one more game, they will advance to the NLDS to take on their division rival, the Milwaukee Brewers.

The Padres are aiming to bounce back from the Game 1 loss with a must-win to force a winner-take-all Game 3 on Thursday. To start Game 2, Cubs manager Craig Counsell decided to go with an opener , Andrew Kittredge. Kittredge allowed a first-inning run off a sacrifice fly from Jackson Merrill. The reason for the opener was to avoid Shota Imanaga (who replaced Kittredge) facing the heart of the Padres lineup. However, that backfired.

In the 5th inning, Manny

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