The Chicago Cubs will have to play a winner-take-all Game 3 on Thursday against the San Diego Padres after they made the wrong kind of history in Game 2.

The Cubs, who won Game 1 by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday, were held to just four hits and no runs as they were shut out 3-0 on Wednesday afternoon, with Manny Machado clubbing a two-run home run to decide the game.

According to ESPN, the Cubs’ loss Wednesday made some history in the Wild Card Series era, which got underway in the 2022 season.

ESPN’s Sarah Langs reported that of the 20 teams to have lost a Game 1 in a best-of-three Wild Card Series entering play Wednesday, only four had forced a Game 3 in their respective series.

None of those four teams had been the road team, meaning that the Cubs are the first home team in the Wild Car

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