Cubs’ wild-card matchup set: It’s a best-of-three series against Padres in San Diego
The Chicago Cubs will face the San Diego Padres in a best-of-three opening-round playoff series in San Diego after clinching the second wild-card spot.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Cubs finally know which team they’ll play in their National League wild-card series and where the games will be held.The Padres defeated the Diamondbacks late Saturday to clinch the top wild-card spot (No. 4 seed) in the NL playoffs. Coupled with the Phillies’ loss to the Rays, that locked the Cubs into the second wild-card spot (No. 5 seed), sending them to San Diego for a best-of-three series starting Tuesday.The Cubs held the head-to-head tiebreaker against the…
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