Padres' superstars show Cubs how it's done in Game 1 rout
The San Diego Padres defeated the Chicago Cubs 8-0 in Game 1 of the wild-card playoffs. Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a home run on the first pitch of the game.
SAN DIEGO — Are you freaking out yet, Cubs fans?Because that was $970 million worth of superstar that took starting pitcher Matthew Boyd over the outfield wall in Game 1 of the wild-card playoffs, an 8-0 romp that made this best-of-three series seem, at least at the outset, like no series at all.Fernando Tatis Jr. homered on Boyd’s very first pitch, center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong reaching his glove as high as he could at the fence to no avail. Just like that, a gauntlet was thrown down by a…
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