Cubs walk off against Padres behind Suzuki’s ninth-inning hit
CHICAGO (Interstat) — Seiya Suzuki delivered a walk-off single in the ninth inning as the Chicago Cubs beat the San Diego Padres 3-2 on Monday at Wrigley Field.
Suzuki went 2 for 4 with two RBIs, including a sacrifice fly in the fifth that tied the game. His ninth-inning single to left scored Pete Crow-Armstrong for the winning margin before a crowd of 37,607. The game lasted 3 hours, 11 minutes.
Chicago improved to 46-38, while San Diego fell to 43-40. Trent Thornton (2-2) earned the win with a scoreless inning. Jason Adam (2-2) took the loss.
Griffin Canning started for the Padres, allowing two earned runs over 4 1/3 innings with three strikeouts. Shota Imanaga worked 6 1/3 innings for the Cubs, giving up two earned runs on nine hits with four strikeouts.
San Diego took a 2-0 lead on a fielder’s choice in the third and a double by Xander Bogaerts in the fourth. Bogaerts finished 2 for 3 with an RBI. The Cubs answered with a run in the fourth on Michael Conforto’s single and tied it on Suzuki’s sacrifice fly in the fifth.