The Padres took a 2-1 lead in the eighth inning on a Jurickson Profar home run, but the bullpen could not hold the lead.
CHICAGO — Michael Busch led off the ninth inning with a game-ending home run, Cody Bellinger went deep in his return from broken ribs and the Chicago Cubs beat the San Diego Padres 3-2 on Tuesday night.
Shota Imanaga was in line to win his fifth straight start before the Padres broke through in the eighth. The Cubs tied it in the bottom half when Mike Tauchman walked leading off against Yuki Matsui, took third on Bellinger’s single and scored on Christopher Morel’s sacrifice fly. “It was pretty special,” Busch said. “It all happened so fast. I was just thinking about that 10, 15 minutes ago — I don't think I'd ever had a walk-off home run in my life. It was pretty cool.”
“Recently, it's been hard for me to get up in the morning so I think if I switch the fans cheering to my alarm, I think I'll get up fast,” he said through an interpreter.
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