Chicago Baseball Recap

Padres Beat White Sox - The San Diego Padres will spend the offseason wondering what went wrong. The high-spending Padres were eliminated from postseason contention on Friday night despite a 3-2 win over the Chicago White Sox, a finality that prompted Manny Machado to give teammates a postgame pep talk. Juan Soto was batting in the seventh inning when the Miami Marlins completed a 4-3 come-from-behind win at Pittsburgh for their 83rd win, ensuring the Padres would not get one of the NL's three wild-card berths. Click below to read more: https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/401473412

Cubs Lose to Brewers - Another night, another agonizingly close loss for the Chicago Cubs, and this one pushed them to the brink of playoff elimination. The Cubs rallied from a three-run deficit to force extra innings, only to lose 4-3 to the Milwaukee Brewers on Carlos Santana's run-scoring double in the 10th inning Friday night. Chicago fell 1 1/2 games behind Miami, which beat Pittsburgh, for the NL's third and final wild-card spot. The Marlins hold the tiebreaker over the Cubs. Cincinnati also pulled even with Chicago in the standings. Click below to read more: https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/401473404