Here’s how the Padres fared vs. the Cubs this season

The Padres and Cubs split the six games they played in 2025, with the home team taking two of three in both series in April. Both teams scored 25 runs across the season series.

April 4 at Wrigley Field

Cubs 3, Padres 1

• WP: LHP Shota Imanaga (7⅓ IP, 1 ER, 0 BBs, 4 Ks). LP: RHP Randy Vásquez (4⅔ IP, 3 R, 2 ER, 5 BBs, 2 Ks).
• What happened: C Martín Maldonado’s third-inning homer accounted for the Padres’ lone run. Justin Turner’s pinch-hit single keyed a two-run fifth inning and RHP Ryan Pressly, released in August, worked through traffic in the ninth to earn the save.

April 5 at Wrigley Field

Cubs 7, Padres 1

• WP: LHP Matthew Boyd (6 IP, 0 ER, BB, 5 Ks). LP: RHP Nick Pivetta (3 IP, 3 ER, 3 BBs, 4 Ks).
• What happened: Pivetta struggled with command in his second start of the season in what proved to be his shortest of the year. Pivetta walked in a run in the second and gave up a solo homer to SS Dansby Swanson in the third. The Padres managed one extra-base hit (Luis Arraez) in the game.

April 6 at Wrigley Field

Padres 8, Cubs 7

• WP: RHP Jason Adam (1 IP, 0 ER, BB, K). LHP: RHP Ryan Pressly (1 IP, 1 R, 1 H, BB).
• What happened: A ninth-inning error led to the eventual game-winning run in a game that chewed up pitching. Cubs RHP Ben Brown allowed four runs in five innings. LHP Kyle Hart allowed five runs in two-thirds of an inning in the start before RHP Logan Gillaspie, fresh off a flight from El Paso, threw four innings of two-run ball. RHP Robert Suarez saved the win with two strikeouts in a perfect ninth. OF Kyle Tucker homered for the Cubs. OF Jackson Merrill homered for the Padres and 1B Luis Arraez had four hits.

April 14 at Petco Park

Padres 10, Cubs 4

• WP: LHP Adrián Morejón (1 IP, 0 R, BB, K). LP: RHP Nate Pearson (⅓ IP, 3 ER, 3 BBs).
• What happened: The starting pitching — RHP Dylan Cease (5⅔ IP, 3 R), RHP Jameson Taillon (5⅓ IP, 2 ER) — was basically a wash, but the Padres bullpen outpaced the Cubs’. 1B Michael Busch homered off Cease. OF Fernando Tatis Jr. went deep twice, once off Taillon and once off RHP Eli Morgan, who also gave up a homer to 1B Luis Arraez.

April 15 at Petco Park

Cubs 2, Padres 1 (10)

• WP: RHP Ryan Pressly (1 IP, 0 ER, K). LP: LHP Yuki Matsui (1 IP, 1 ER, 2 Ks).
• What happened: Matsui allowed a leadoff triple in the 10th to Nico Hoerner to plate the automatic runner. RHP Randy Vásquez allowed a run on seven hits and two walks in five innings in the start for the Padres. LHP Shota Imanaga allowed an unearned run in five innings in the start for the Cubs, who got five shutout innings of one-hit ball to close the game. A homer from 3B Manny Machado accounted for the Padres’ lone run.

April 16 at Petco Park

Padres 4, Cubs 2

• WP: RHP Nick Pivetta (6 IP, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 Ks). LP: LHP Matthew Boyd (5⅓ IP, 2 ER, 2 BBs, 3 Ks).
• What happened: 3B Manny Machado capped a two-run rally in the third with an RBI single and added an RBI double in the seventh. OF Fernando Tatis Jr.’s bases-loaded walk in the eighth provided insurance. RHP Robert Suarez saved the game with a perfect ninth.

HOT …

vs. the Cubs

• 1B Luis Arraez (11-for-26, 2 2Bs, HR, 2 RBIs, 1.098 OPS)
• OF Jackson Merrill (4-for-13, 2B, HR, 2 RBIs, .973 OPS)
• OF Fernando Tatis Jr. (7-for-24, 2 HRs, 6 RBIs, .955 OPS)
• RHP Jeremiah Estrada (3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, BB 6 Ks)
• LHP Adrián Moreon (3 ⅓ IP), 1 H, 0 R, BB, 3 Ks)
• RHP Robert Suarez (3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3 Ks)

vs. the Padres

• C Carson Kelly (3-for-9, HR, 4 RBIs, 1.121 OPS)
• 2B Nico Hoerner (10-for-24, 2 2Bs, 3B, 4 RBIs, 1.023 OPS)
• OF Ian Happ (9-for-25, 2 2Bs, .869 OPS)
• OF Pete Crow-Armstrong (6-for-22, 2 2Bs, HR, 4 RBIs, .804 OPS)
• OF Kyle Tucker (5-for-22, HR, 5 RBIs, .721 OPS)
• RHP Brad Keller (2⅔ IP 1 ER, 5 Ks)

… and COLD

vs. the Cubs

• SS Xander Bogaerts (3-for-21, RBI, .451 OPS)
• C Elias Díaz (2-for-11, .582 OPS)
• OF Gavin Sheets (4-for-15, 3 RBIs, .620 OPS)
• 2B Jake Cronenworth (3-for-12, 2B, RBI, .641 OPS)

vs. the Padres

• DH Justin Turner (1-for-14, 2 RBIs, .294 OPS)
• OF Seiya Suzuki (1-for-13, .410 OPS)
• SS Dansby Swanson (3-for-24, HR, .472 OPS)
• INF Matt Shaw (2-for-11, .582 OPS)
• 1B Michael Busch (3-for-20, 2 2Bs, HR, 2 RBIs, .627 OPS)