Overview

• San Diego beat Chicago 3-0 at Wrigley Field to level the best-of-three NL Wild Card Series at 1-1.
• In the fifth inning with a runner on second and first base open, Manny Machado crushed a first-pitch splitter from Shota Imanaga for the decisive two-run homer.
• Craig Counsell said he considered an intentional walk and had right-hander Mike Soroka ready but chose to let Imanaga face Machado.
• The Cubs started righty Andrew Kittredge as an opener to avoid early matchups for Imanaga, but he yielded a quick 1-0 Padres lead.
• Yu Darvish is scheduled to start for San Diego and Jameson Taillon for Chicago, as the Cubs seek offense after four hits in Game 2 and 24 strikeouts across two games.