After the Padres lost 3-1 to the Cubs in the do-or-die NL Wild Card Game 3, Manny Machado wasted no time identifying the culprit.

The Padres were eliminated from the Wild Card after a poor strike call on Xander Bogaerts that sparked a heated postgame clash with umpires.

On Thursday, the Chicago Cubs are turning to Jameson Taillon for their biggest start of the season. The Padres are countering with former Cub Yu Darvish.

Chicago notched a 3-1 win in the decider, chasing San Diego starter Yu Darvish in the second inning. The Cubs loaded the bases with nobody out in the frame, but only managed to scratch across two runs – on Pete Crow-Armstrong’s RBI single and Dansby Swanson’s RBI walk.

The Chicago Cubs third baseman faces a must-win game, and his wife Danielle returned to social media after nearly a month break to flex her support.

Back-to-back home runs from Seiya Suzuki and Carson Kelly were the difference Tuesday as the Chicago Cubs rallied for a 3-1 win in Game 1 of their Best of 3 Wild Card series against the San Diego Padres.

Veteran Yu Darvish (5-5, 5.38 ERA) is making his 14th career postseason start, while right-hander James Taillon (11-7, 3.68 ERA) takes the mound for the Cubs. "Playoff baseball is kind of everything I wanted it to be,

The Cubs beat the San Diego Padres 3-1 in Game One of their best-of-three Wild Card series. Seiya Suzuki and Carson Kelly’s back-to-back home runs in the fifth inning ended up being all the