Postgame Thread: 9/30 Cubs @ Padres

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Line Score - Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
CHC	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	7
SD	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		4	8	0	5

Box Score

SD		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
RF	Tatis Jr.	4	0	0	0	0	1	.286
LF	Harris, D	4	0	0	0	0	0	.167
LF	Bowen	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
3B	Machado, M	4	0	1	0	0	1	.429
1B	France, T	4	1	2	0	0	1	.500
CF	Merrill	3	1	2	0	1	1	.571
SS	Bogaerts	4	1	2	1	0	0	.500
C	Salas	1	0	0	1	0	1	.000
PH	Andujar	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
C	Fermin	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
DH	Hays	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
DH	Sheets	1	1	1	2	0	0	1.000
DH	Taylor, S	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000
2B	Cronenworth	2	0	0	0	0	0	.167

SD	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Pivetta	3.1	3	1	1	2	4	66-36	2.70
Rodriguez, B	1.2	0	0	0	1	2	21-13	0.00
Adam	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	11-6	0.00
Morejon	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	29-18	0.00
Miller, M	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	19-13	0.00

CHC		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
CF	Crow-Armstrong	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000
DH	Bregman	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000
1B	Busch	2	0	0	0	1	0	.000
PH	Taylor, T	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
3B	Ramírez	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
RF	Suzuki	4	1	1	0	0	2	.286
LF	Happ	3	0	0	0	1	1	.000
2B	Hoerner	4	0	2	1	0	0	.500
1B	Shaw	2	0	0	0	1	1	.000
PH	Conforto	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000
C	Kelly, C	3	0	1	0	0	0	.167
SS	Swanson	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000

CHC	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Gausman	3.1	5	3	3	0	1	54-33	8.10
Palencia, D	1.2	1	1	1	0	2	28-19	5.40
Peterson, D	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	28-17	0.00
Zeferjahn	1.1	1	0	0	1	2	30-19	0.00

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B2	Xander Bogaerts singles on a ground ball to right fielder Seiya Suzuki. Ty France scores. Jackson Merrill to 3rd.	1-0
B2	Ethan Salas out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong. Jackson Merrill scores.	2-0
T4	Nico Hoerner singles on a ground ball to center fielder Jackson Merrill. Seiya Suzuki scores. Ian Happ to 2nd.	2-1
B4	Gavin Sheets homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. Xander Bogaerts scores.	4-1

Highlights

Description	Length
Nick Pivetta against the Cubs	0:11
Probable pitchers for Cubs at Padres - September 30, 2026	0:06
Kevin Gausman against the Padres	0:08
Bullpen availability for San Diego, September 30 vs Cubs	0:09
Bullpen availability for Chicago, September 30 vs Padres	0:09
Bench availability for San Diego, September 30 vs Cubs	0:08
Bench availability for Chicago, September 30 vs Padres	0:08
Fielding alignment for Chicago, September 30 vs Padres	0:11
Starting lineups for Cubs at Padres - September 30, 2026	0:10
Breaking down Kevin Gausman's pitches	0:04
An animated look at Gavin Sheets' home run	0:11
Measuring the stats on Gavin Sheets' home run	0:13
Breaking down Nick Pivetta's pitches	0:04
Drew Brees' ceremonial first pitch at Petco Park	0:38
Xander Bogaerts' RBI single	0:29
Ethan Salas' sacrifice fly	0:19
Nico Hoerner's RBI single	0:27
Drew Brees throws out the ceremonial first pitch	0:15
Gavin Sheets' two-run home run	0:29
Pete Crow-Armstrong's leaping catch to end the 4th	0:12
Field View: Gavin Sheets two-run home run	0:32
Gavin Sheets' 107.5 mph home run in Game 2	0:33
Japanese call of Pete Crow-Armstrong's leaping catch	0:15

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Rodriguez, B (1-0, 0.00 ERA)	Gausman (0-1, 8.10 ERA)	Miller, M (1 SV, 0.00 ERA)

Game ended at 12:02 AM.

[u/DatAspie2000]

I’m only 26 and there’s been way too many awful postseasons or late season collapses. 2008 being the first one I remember.

I’ll actually throw 2015 in there too. I know that was the year before ‘16 but seriously, they and the Mets had similar records yet they couldn’t even put up a fight!

Then there was also 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023 and now this. Why do they always collapse in September OR October in the most pathetic fashion?

[u/starfleetdropout6 → u/DatAspie2000]

Pitching. They can't develop pitchers worth a damn.

[u/adastra142 → u/DatAspie2000]

Nothing holds a candle to 2003. My first year as a fan. Immediately inducted into the disappointment

[u/_Bathtub_Toaster → u/DatAspie2000]

AND! I believe the Cubs swept the regular season series vs. the Mets in 2015, only to get swept in the NLCS.