San Diego Padres at Chicago Cubs

· Major League Baseball

San Diego Padres

8-2, 1-2 Away

Final
8 - 7

Chicago Cubs

7-5, 2-3 Home

Justin Turner's error allows Fernando Tatis Jr. to score go-ahead run in Padres' 8-7 win over Cubs

Padres take the lead in the 9th after Cubs' fielding error

The Padres' Gavin Sheets singled off Porter Hodge to tie it in the eighth.

Jackson Merrill homered for the Padres, who had lost two straight after opening the season with seven consecutive victories for the best start in franchise history.

Kyle Tucker homered and drove in three runs and Nico Hoerner added three hits for the Cubs, whose five-game win streak ended.

Ryan Pressly (0-1) took the loss after allowing one hit and a walk in the ninth. Robert Suarez threw a perfect ninth for his fourth save.

The Padres went ahead 3-0 in the first inning. Ben Brown allowed two walks and a bunt single before hitting Jake Cronenworth to bring in a run. Xander Bogaerts reached on an infield single and Jason Heyward walked to score the other runs.

The Cubs scored five runs in the bottom of the first. After Kyle Hart issued two walks, Tucker singled, Justin Turner had a sacrifice fly and Hoerner doubled to tie it. Logan Gillaspie, called up from Triple-A El Paso before the game, replaced Hart and was called for two balks while pitching to Carson Kelly, scoring two runs.

Tucker hit a two-run homer in the second inning for his fifth, tied for the NL lead.

Merrill drove a two-run shot off Brown in the fourth.

Key moment With runners on first and second in the ninth, Manny Machado hit a grounder to shortstop. Dansby Swanson threw to second to start the try for a double play, but Hoerner's relay to first got past Turner. That allowed Tatis to come around to score.

Key stat Tucker, acquired in a December trade with Houston, now has 15 RBI to lead the NL.

Up next The Padres had yet to announce their starter for Monday’s series opener against the A’s.

LHP Justin Steele (2-1, 6.89 ERA) is scheduled to start Monday for the Cubs against Texas. RHP Nathan Eovaldi (1-0, 1.20) is slated to pitch for the Rangers.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Turner struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Tucker flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Suzuki struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Suarez relieved Adam
	9th Inning	Maldonado catching.
	9th Inning	Merrill grounded out to shortstop.

Statistics

SD		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
14	Ground Balls	14
10	Strikeouts	8
7	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
13	Hits	6
3	Stolen Bases	3
8	Walks	8
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	7
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
40	At Bats	30
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
31	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
16	Fly Balls	10
0	Caught Stealing	0
175	Pitches	178
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
16	Total Bases	10
49	Plate Appearances	40
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	2
8.8	Runs Created	4.8
.325	Batting Average	.200
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.400	Slugging Percentage	.333
.350	Secondary Average	.500
.449	On Base Percentage	.359
.849	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.692
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.4
8.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.8
49.0	Batter Rating	38.0
40.0	At Bats Per Home Run	30.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.57	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.45
.075	Isolated Power	.133
0.80	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.163	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.200
.025	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.300
15.0	Runs Produced	12.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	0.7
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
96.8	MLB Rating	82.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0