← Full bracket2026 NL Wild Card Series · best of 3
No. 4 seed
San Diego Padres
1
No. 5 seed
Chicago Cubs
0
Padres lead 1-0
First to 2 wins
Game 2: Elimination game
Games
Every scheduled game, with the series standing after each one.
The regular season
How each club finished. Records, not ratings.
PadresCubs
Regular season91-7189-73
Division2nd in NL West, 9 GB2nd in NL Central, 14 GB
At home51-3046-35
On the road40-4143-38
Last 108-25-5
The Cubs won the regular-season series 5-1.
How they got here
Padres
- NL Wild Card at 91-71 · No. 4 seed
Cubs
- NL Wild Card at 89-73 · No. 5 seed
The winner plays in the NL Division Series, against the Brewers. →
The series standing is counted from final scores. Seeds and regular-season records are MLB's own. Description, not prediction. Bracket as of Sep 30, 6:44 PM PT.