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Padres 4, Cubs 1: Farewell to 2026, and on to an uncertain 2027
The Cubs barely showed up in San Diego.
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Cubs Rapid Recap: Cubs season ends meekly with 4-1 loss to Padres
The Cubs season ends with a lackluster defeat in San Diego.
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2026 Cubs Playoff Heroes and Goats: Nico Hoerner is the Superhero vs. the Padres
The Cubs season comes to an end in a 4-1 loss to the Padres.
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MLB Playoff Roundup: Alec Bohm’s 10th-inning homer forces Game 3 against Braves
The Astros and Cubs get swept while the Phillies live to fight another day.
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USA Today
MLB playoffs fatal flaws: Why Cubs, Red Sox and Astros got swept – and how to fix them
Pete Crow-Armstrong went 40-40 this season and the Cubs still went home after two games. Here's the flaws that doomed the Cubs, Red Sox and Astros.
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Padres' Ethan Salas becomes MLB's youngest postseason catcher in Game 2 vs. Cubs
Ethan Salas became the youngest player to catch in a major league postseason game when he started for the San Diego Padres in Game 2 of their Wild Card Series with the Chicago Cubs
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A look back at all six Cubs/Padres games from the 2026 regular season
The Cubs took five of the six games, including winning two of three in San Diego.
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Padres 8, Cubs 0: Matthew Boyd gets crushed by three long balls
That was uglier than ugly.
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A Cubs fan’s guide to the Wild Card Series
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2026 Cubs Playoff Heroes and Goats: Seiya Suzuki is the Superhero vs. the Padres.
The Cubs run into a buzzsaw in an 8-0 loss in the playoff opener.
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Cubs announce Wild Card Series roster
There aren’t really any surprises here.
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USA Today
What happened to Alex Bregman? Scary injury can't keep Cubs slugger from MLB playoffs
After getting drilled the face with aa foul ball, Alex Bregman is starting in the playoffs.
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