Overview

• Jameson Taillon delivered four scoreless innings with four strikeouts, giving Chicago a clean bridge to a six-man bullpen finish.
• Padres starter Yu Darvish was pulled in the second after allowing two runs, as Pete Crow-Armstrong's RBI single and a bases-loaded walk built a 2-0 lead.
• Michael Busch added a seventh-inning solo homer off All-Star closer Robert Suarez, who entered in the sixth in an unusual early call.
• Shortstop Dansby Swanson made multiple run-preventing plays, leading San Diego manager Mike Shildt to say he "absolutely beat us with his glove."
• Chicago celebrates its first home postseason series win since 2016 and opens the NLDS in Milwaukee on Saturday at 2 p.m. ET.