The Chicago Cubs defeated the San Diego Padres 5-4 on Wednesday afternoon at Petco Park, winning the three-game series. Pete Crow-Armstrong belted a two-run homer off starter Matt Waldron, his second straight day going deep. An automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge overturned a called ball on Waldron's knuckleball into a strike.
SAN DIEGO -- Jameson Taillon was perfect through 14 batters for the Cubs before yielding a solo homer to Miguel Andujar and a two-run shot by Nick Castellanos in the fifth inning, tying the game at 3-3. In the sixth, Crow-Armstrong grounded out with runners on second and third, allowing Michael Conforto to score the go-ahead run on a headfirst slide safe at the plate ahead of Padres catcher Luis Campusano's tag. Matt Shaw added insurance with a solo homer off reliever Jason Adam in the eighth, his third of the season.
