ABS Challenge

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.

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The Pittsburgh Pirates secured a 2-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field on Friday, breaking through after six no-hit innings from Shota Imanaga. Bryan Reynolds hit a two-run homer in the seventh to provide all the offense, while a bizarre ABS challenge kept Nick Gonzales' at-bat alive. Carmen Mlodzinski delivered 5 1/3 scoreless innings on the mound.