Overview

• Chicago leads the best-of-3 series 1-0 after a 3-1 Game 1 win powered by back-to-back homers from Seiya Suzuki and Carson Kelly and a bullpen that retired 18 of the last 19 Padres.
• Game 2 begins at 3:08 p.m. ET at Wrigley Field and airs on ABC with streaming available on Fubo.
• San Diego turns to Dylan Cease, while the Cubs will use Andrew Kittredge as an opener in a planned bullpen game.
• Cubs manager Craig Counsell declined to specify the exact follow-up plan, though Shota Imanaga has been widely expected to enter after the opener.
• MLB issued conditional schedules for a possible Game 3 on Thursday and for NLDS start times versus the Brewers if Chicago advances.