CHICAGO (Interstat) — Dansby Swanson homered three times and drove in eight runs, leading the Chicago Cubs to a 23-3 rout of the San Diego Padres on Wednesday afternoon at Wrigley Field. Swanson hit a three-run shot in the third inning and a grand slam in the eighth, finishing 3 for 5. Michael Conforto added two homers and four RBIs, and Seiya Suzuki homered with three RBIs as the Cubs pounded out 17 hits. Chicago took a 3-0 lead in the first on Suzuki’s three-run homer, then broke the game open with five runs in the third and four in the fifth. The Cubs also scored two in the sixth and eight in the eighth. San Diego scored two runs in the fifth on Ty France’s double and one in the eighth on Miguel Andujar’s single. Colin Rea (6-5) allowed two earned runs over five innings for the win. Jordan Wicks earned his second save with three innings of one-run relief. Walker Buehler (5-4) took the loss. The Cubs improved to 49-38, while the Padres fell to 43-42. Attendance was 37,311.