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Padres Hope to Ride Energy From Loud Home Crowd when They Host Cubs in NL Wild Card Series
The Padres bring a 66-sellout home crowd and a 43-23 finish into the best-of-three series against the Cubs.
- The San Diego Padres host the Chicago Cubs at Petco Park on Tuesday for Game 1 of their best-of-three Wild Card Series, with Michael King starting for San Diego against Cubs left-hander Matthew Boyd.
- A strong 41-18 record since July 24 helped the Padres secure home-field advantage after finishing the regular season 91-71, clinching their third straight postseason berth.
- Rookie manager Craig Stammen said Monday, "It's nice to feel 45,000 people behind you, waving the yellow towels," as the Padres recorded 66 sellouts this season.
- The Cubs rely on NL MVP frontrunner Pete Crow-Armstrong, who joined the 40-40 club with 45 home runs and 41 stolen bases, and third baseman Alex Bregman returning from injury.
- King seeks to replicate his dominant 2024 Wild Card performance, saying, "I fully expect the same noise that I heard in '24," as he aims for a critical Game 1 victory.
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White-hot Padres try to limit Cubs’ offense in wild-card round
The Chicago Cubs eliminated the San Diego Padres from the postseason a year ago and then scored 55 runs while going 5-1 against them this season. But nobody is expecting that type of one-sided matchup to continue as the Padres are hotter than lava entering Tuesday night's National League wild-card series opener against visiting Chicago.
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Padres hope to ride energy from loud home crowd when they host Cubs in NL Wild Card Series
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Back in 1984, Tony Gwynn, Steve Garvey and the San Diego Padres used the energy from their home crowd at Jack Murphy Stadium to rally from a 2-0 deficit in the National League Championship Series and stun Ryan Sandberg, Gary Matthews and the Chicago Cubs to reach their first World Series.
·Winnipeg, Canada
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