Padres Sweep World Series Champions

San Diego gets great pitching, late run to beat Cubs

The Padres had a miserable month of May … right up until the last week.

San Diego finished the second month of the season with their longest winning streak of the season and a sweep of the defending World Series champion Chicago Cubs. The Padres put the cap on their 3-game set with a 2-1 win on Wednesday afternoon.

The Cubs got on the board in the 2nd inning when Javier Baez hit a fielder’s choice to bring in Anthony Rizzo. That was the only run the afternoon for the Cubs. San Diego starter Luis Perdomo made arguably his best start of the year, allowing just three hits over 7.0 innings. In the 3-game set Padres pitchers allowed just five total runs.

One of the Padres runs came on a ball that flew out of the ballpark. The other came on a ball that didn’t even leave the infield.

In the bottom of the 2nd Ryan Schimpf launched his 14th homer of the year to right field off former Cy Young Award winner Jake Arrieta. After that the two teams traded goose eggs for five innings.

San Diego finally broke through in the 8th inning. With one out rookie outfielder Franchy Cordero ripped a triple to the gap in right-centerfield with one out. The Cubs played the infield in and Yangervis Solarte hit a ground ball to 2nd base. Cordero broke on contact and slid in just under the throw to score the winning run.

Brandon Maurer threw the 9th inning for the save and the sweep and the Friars' first 4-game winning streak of the season. By the way, the last time the Padres swept the reigning champs was April 26-28 of 2013 when they took all three games from the Giants at Petco Park.

The Padres get a day off on Thursday then open a 3-game set at home against the Rockies on Friday.

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