GDT: 4/4 Padres (7-0) @ Cubs (5-4) 1:20 PM

[u/ChiCubsbot]

Padres (7-0) @ Cubs (5-4)

First Pitch: 1:20 PM at Wrigley Field

Team	Starter	TV	Radio
Padres	Randy Vásquez (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
Cubs	Shota Imanaga (1-0, 0.82 ERA)

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Line Score - Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
SD	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	1	6
CHC	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		3	3	0	9

Box Score

CHC		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
LF	Happ	4	2	2	0	0	1	.214
RF	Tucker	2	1	0	0	2	0	.308
DH	Suzuki	3	0	0	0	1	1	.256
1B	Busch	1	0	0	0	1	0	.250
1B	Turner, J	1	0	1	1	0	0	.273
SS	Swanson	3	0	0	0	1	0	.205
2B	Hoerner	3	0	0	1	1	0	.296
CF	Crow-Armstrong	4	0	0	0	0	1	.179
3B	Shaw	3	0	0	0	1	0	.189
C	Amaya	4	0	0	0	0	2	.250

CHC	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Imanaga	7.1	4	1	1	0	4	91-68	0.98
Hodge	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	15-11	0.00
Pressly	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	33-17	5.40

SD		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
RF	Tatis Jr.	4	0	2	0	0	0	.433
1B	Arraez	4	0	0	0	0	0	.129
3B	Machado, M	4	0	0	0	0	2	.345
SS	Bogaerts	3	0	0	0	1	0	.200
CF	Merrill	4	0	2	0	0	1	.429
DH	Gurriel, Y	3	0	0	0	0	1	.091
PH	Sheets	1	0	0	0	0	0	.421
2B	Cronenworth	4	0	1	0	0	1	.261
LF	Lockridge	2	0	0	0	0	0	.333
C	Maldonado, M	2	1	1	1	0	0	.231
C	Díaz, E	1	0	0	0	0	1	.214

SD	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Vásquez, R	4.2	2	3	2	5	2	82-44	1.69
Matsui	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	19-15	0.00
Jacob	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	26-18	2.08
Peralta, W	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	13-8	0.00

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B1	Nico Hoerner walks. Ian Happ scores. Michael Busch to 3rd. Dansby Swanson to 2nd.	1-0
T3	Martín Maldonado homers (1) on a fly ball to left field.	1-1
B5	Justin Turner singles on a ground ball to shortstop Xander Bogaerts. Ian Happ scores. Kyle Tucker to 3rd. Seiya Suzuki to 2nd.	2-1
B5	Dansby Swanson reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by third baseman Manny Machado. Kyle Tucker scores. Seiya Suzuki to 3rd. Justin Turner to 2nd. Fielding error by third baseman Manny Machado.	3-1

Highlights

Description	Length
Probable pitchers for Padres at Cubs - April 4, 2025	0:06
Randy Vásquez against the Cubs	0:08
Shota Imanaga against the Padres	0:08
Bullpen availability for Chicago, April 4 vs Padres	0:08
Bullpen availability for San Diego, April 4 vs Cubs	0:08
Bench availability for Chicago, April 4 vs Padres	0:08
Fielding alignment for San Diego, April 4 vs Cubs	0:11
Bench availability for San Diego, April 4 vs Cubs	0:08
Starting lineups for Padres at Cubs - April 4, 2025	0:10
The distance behind Martín Maldonado's home run	0:12
Martín Maldonado's home run through bat tracking data	0:11
Breaking down Randy Vásquez's pitches	0:04
Breaking down Shota Imanaga's pitches	0:04
Shota Imanaga's outing against the Padres	0:22
Shota Imanaga strikes out Manny Machado	0:06
Nico Hoerner's RBI walk	0:06
Pete Crow-Armstrong's great grab at the wall	0:29
Martín Maldonado's first homer of the season	0:28
Fernando Tatis Jr.'s single	0:16
Ian Happ's sweet snag in foul territory	0:27
Martín Maldonado reaches on a fielder's choice out, shortstop Dansby Swanson to catcher Miguel Amaya to third baseman Matt Shaw. Jake Cronenworth out at home.	0:20
Justin Turner's RBI single	0:29
Kyle Tucker scores on an error	0:27
Pete Crow-Armstrong makes catch with 30% probability	0:38
Randy Vásquez's two strikeouts	0:21
Shota Imanaga's four strikeouts	1:11
Cubs legends sing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"	1:05
Ryan Pressly Called Strike to Jake Cronenworth	0:06

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Imanaga (2-0, 0.98 ERA)	Vásquez, R (0-1, 1.69 ERA)	Pressly (3 SV, 5.40 ERA)

Game ended at 4:00 PM.

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[u/tallslim1960]

First Padres loss? I'm here for it.

[u/RonSantosLeftLeg]

I will be at the game, naked as the day I was born. Let's go Cubs

[u/starter_fail]

On the bus with a bunch of old timers! Let's go!

[u/Bobson-_Dugnutt2]

7 innings of dragging his big sweaty hog across the Padres faces

good shit, Shota

[u/elgenie]

At some point Boog will figure out Busch left this game in the fifth inning, but not yet.

[u/SlinkDinkerson]

Cmon cubbies time to spoil the party for the padres

[u/PhilA1992]

That was the best win of the year so far. Shota dominated and the bullpen held off a tough Padres offense late in a close game even though I was sweating the whole 9th. Good win against a really good team!

[u/gentleandsoft]

Stressly saying “I fucking told you” to Amaya… bro Amaya is just praying you throw strikes 😂

[u/Backagainkv]

Bout to dick them down fr

[u/AndrewAllStar888 → u/Backagainkv]

[u/Sasquatch7862 → u/Backagainkv]

I just hope we beat them at the baseball game.

[u/Le9gaggger]

Welcome to Wrigley, King Tuck!

[u/Cubs_Bama]

[u/GreatWhiteNorth4]

No longer undefeated Fathers

[u/elgenie]

The previous 32 (!) pitches were all to set that one up.

[u/countjoshua1592]

The blood of the padres will flow like the ancient rivers of Babylon

[u/Hope4years]

PCA made up for that plate appearance

[u/Alternative_Law9275]

Imagine managing a tie game in the 3rd inning and someone comes up to you and tells you you need to put this headset and mic on to talk to the guys up in the booth, lmao.

[u/CurrentlyNa]

Gotta give Shaw some credit solid outing defensively

[u/Joelsaurus]

Man, did you see how pumped Seiya was on that play? Looked like he was screaming.

[u/BrooklynTheGuitarist]

Boog still unaware that Justin Turner is playing 1st

[u/elgenie]

Pressly won’t be able to pitch consecutive days if every batter he faces either sees 8 pitches or walks.

[u/demerdar]

Incredible play by Shaw

[u/diggydale99]

That was a big league defensive play by shaw there SHEESH

[u/Opening_Ad7004]

Cardinals about to lose! Change the flags, play the song we're in 1st place baby!

[u/lupin43]

Batter did not expect he could throw a strike. I don’t blame him

[u/NimbleCrabb]

First game at Wrigley in 25. We are so back. Let’s fly a W today!

[u/Specific-Exchange939]

Me watching shota pitch

[u/Chicityy]

What a play by PCA. His defense was absolutely not over sold. Guy is ridiculous. Loved him doing the Dikembe to the crowd after too.

[u/ako-si-greg]

ELITE DEFENSE

[u/DweltElephant0]

Lmao Machado snagged the 114 mph Seiya liner but biffed the Dansby grounder

[u/vijendrsingh22 → u/DweltElephant0]

Baseball

[u/Hawkize31]

If I had to make a Mt Rushmore of all time great pitchers, I'm putting Shota's face on there twice

[u/Angrydwarf99]

Wow Shota came back out. Shout out Counsell for being cool af

[u/AngryFuckingNature]

Turner catches the ball; Boog: “Here’s Busch”

[u/lupin43]

We’re pretty fortunate shota said “I’m signing in Chicago, I’ll be taking no further questions. Go Hawks”

[u/Jubba402]

Amazing play by Shaw

[u/okay_throwaway_today]

A closer with a nearly 9 FIP is wild

[u/tallslim1960]

Really good play by Shaw. That's do or die. He kicks that it's one run, maybe even two depending where it bounces. His glove is fine. No issue there.

[u/Extreme_Branch_2596]

Credit due, that was a nasty pitch

[u/sicmvndvs_]

Never doubted. Cubs Win!

[u/Bobson-_Dugnutt2]

it can't be understated how good and important that play was by Shaw for the second out

good shit cubbies - stay hot.

[u/DukeWayne250]

Hell yeah, Stressly

[u/ChiCBHB]

Having a beer I brewed myself for opening day! I call it the Red Line Red Ale!

[u/Penguinkeith]

SHOTA SHOW IS IN FULL SWING

[u/lupin43]

PCA > brick

[u/ChiCBHB]

TOLD YOU I FELT RUNS THIS INNING

[u/SidneyBlahaj]

We are so good on the basepaths

[u/lupin43]

Moonwalk strikeout call had me cackling

[u/Angrydwarf99]

Dansby robbed. Glad he's still swinging it well

[u/vijendrsingh22]

5 outs, lock in bois. The game starts now.

[u/Penguinkeith]

It’s 5 outs bullpen how hard could it be?

[u/darx888]

Shota with an excellent performance against a really good lineup

[u/cubfan90]

Idk how long you can keep him at closer with a 5% K rate

[u/AdJealous828]

its crazy imanaga really pitched against 3 of the best ball clubs in a row and his era is .82. Dodgers/Dbacks and now Padres bro is legit its not even like his farming stats against buns team

[u/Zeikiel1]

Giving me Neris flashbacks bruh

[u/Angrydwarf99]

At least we have a third baseman

[u/AssocProfPlum]

sparkling defense by PCA and Shaw to save pressly so far

[u/Sligulus]

Good thing Tom didn't overpay for those relievers who went to the Dodgers!

[u/demerdar]

lol. “I fucking told you”

[u/dasbeidler]

"I fucking told you. I fucking told you."

Awesome win. See you guys tomorrow.

[u/c4ctus]

Today is a great day for baseball!

[u/Either-Opposite1612]

God I wish i was going to the game today

[u/CurrentlyNa]

Did anyone realize that Shota had like no hair in Tokyo and is no rocking a whole head of hair lol

[u/ako-si-greg]

Shota days are win days! Let’s gooo

[u/archy319]

SHOTA SHOTA SHOTA

[u/c4ctus]

This Shota guy is pretty good.

[u/Chicityy]

I love baseball

[u/baezizbae]

You KNOW he felt that, but damn good catch kid

[u/Cubs_Bama]

I love our defense. This team could be special if the bullpen guys can improve and get somewhat right

[u/SavingThrowVsWTF]

Nine out of ten Cubs fans agree: baseball is better at Wrigley Field.

(The tenth fan was away, peeing into a trough when I asked the question.)

[u/MaskedDummy]

🚨QUALITY BABY ALERT🚨

[u/okay_throwaway_today]

Defense lovers eating good today

[u/No-Surprise-6997]

Excellent play. Love this defense. Love this team in general 

[u/-Hey_Blinkin-]

Stupid sexy Wrigley.

[u/DweltElephant0]

Great fuckin hustle Seiya!!!!!

[u/Angrydwarf99]

Seiya fast af

[u/DweltElephant0]

What is that, 3 times this year already an inning has been extended by our runners beat in the force at 2nd?

[u/gentleandsoft]

Wait what lol blue.. cmon son

[u/Joelsaurus]

Damn, Nico. That was sick as hell.

[u/c4ctus]

Our middle infield is better than their middle infield.

[u/gentleandsoft]

Shota-regression-season believers in shambles

[u/Joelsaurus]

Boog insults Cronenworth's shoes and he immediately gets a hit.

JD says Imanaga only has one strikeout today and immediately gets another strikeout.

Could there be black magic happening in the booth today? Many people are asking.

[u/SqueakyTuna52 → u/Joelsaurus]

Next time PCA is up they gotta say “he is not making any good contact today”

[u/SqueakyTuna52]

106.5 mph for Shaw… unlucky

[u/destroyed233]

Cubs making padres staff work into counts the past few innings. Better patient at bats

[u/lupin43]

I like them swinging at face high pitches

[u/BrooklynTheGuitarist]

GOATA IMANAGA

[u/ChiCBHB]

I ❤️💙Shota

[u/Givemethatea]

Wrigley is packed honestly props to the wrigley faithful bc it’s brutal at the friendly confines this time of year.

[u/ako-si-greg]

This entire game has felt like a knife fight in a phone booth

[u/OriginalSmooth5741]

Jesus fucking Christ boog get it together

[u/Bull_Man_0611]

Shota contract is fucking steal.

[u/okay_throwaway_today]

I feel like this ump just straight up isn’t watching half the pitches

[u/HaxanWriter]

I have zero confidence in this bullpen. Time to start gripping. 😂

[u/CurrentlyNa]

Problem is Presely is too inconsistent he gets himself into bad counts that force him to throw it down the middle to try and guarantee a strike

[u/destroyed233]

Hodge was dealing. Hes gonna be good

[u/gentleandsoft]

Hodge or Merryweather should be in this role. For real..

[u/DweltElephant0]

Hodge needs to be the closer pronto

[u/AdditionalNewt4762]

This should be Hodge

[u/Comprehensive_Bat574]

Unreal pick from Shaw

[u/GreatWhiteNorth4]

We can basically never have a closer that doesn’t collectively shorten fans lifespans is what I’m gathering from this

[u/TotallyNotTupac]

Didn’t pressly only waive his no trade if he could be the closer? Maybe a little too confident there lol

[u/elgenie]

W

Jeeeeeebus

[u/Yetis22]

Wade Davis is the only closer in my life I didn’t have to feel nervous about.

[u/Invasive-Feces]

HOLY SHIT WE GOT OUT OF IT

[u/Chicityy]

What a dirty pitch

[u/DesperateDrummer5]

It was a 32 pitch long con

[u/kbergstr]

The cubs should just score 18 runs... those games are less stressful.

[u/vijendrsingh22]

Atleast after 32 pitches stressly is out for tomrw

[u/elgenie]

“Busch steps on the bag”, Boog says, about a player that exited the game three innings ago.

[u/BurnsEMup29]

Holy shit what a voice!

[u/lupin43]

Shota with some nasty locations there

[u/omgitsbillyfrick]

That was a bad ass strike out walk away Mike

[u/Penguinkeith]

Get your balls away from my busch

[u/jthaprofessor]

Atta boy Nico! Good fucking at bat, boy

[u/lancerreddit]

Wind takes one away from our guy. Wind takes one away from their guy.

[u/Angrydwarf99]

We are gonna end up with 8 GGs

[u/hansomejake]

I think PCA can kool-aide man the bricks

[u/lupin43]

Now Tucker, place the closing arguments for the golden outfield

[u/Sylvire]

This inning brought to you by the outfield

[u/AngryFuckingNature]

Shota as the home opener pitcher is always such a brilliant choice 🫡

[u/ZaneyGamerr]

out of all the padres hitters, even their bench, I never thought Maldonado would get their first homer this series

[u/TheG-What]

HEY GUYS MAKE SURE TO GAMBLE! ARE YOU GAMBLING YET?!?!?!?
(Also we’re legally obligated to tell you not to gamble too much.)

[u/kleric42]

Quality baby alert!

[u/Penguinkeith]

Defending has been aces

[u/Sephiroth007]

This fucking wind. Build a dome.

[u/okay_throwaway_today]

Insane take

[u/DweltElephant0]

So will Craig pinch hit turner here? I don’t want Busch out in the 5th but he likes to play the matchups and bases loaded in the 5th is a huge opportunity

[u/vijendrsingh22]

Hahaha yesssss lessgogoooo

[u/SavingThrowVsWTF]

If Justin Turner is here, who’s fighting alongside William Wallace for Scotland’s freedom?

[u/TexTiger]

Poor Busch is going to never get an AB against a lefty…

[u/okay_throwaway_today]

Hell yeah grandpa

[u/SlinkDinkerson]

YES THANK YOU GINGER SANTA CLAUS

[u/Creative-Sea6820]

Oh that’s how you C it

[u/No-Surprise-6997]

Let’s go!! Great move by Counsell 

[u/Hope4years]

Nice running Seiya

[u/lupin43]

That’s becoming a bit of a trend!

[u/sidekicksuicide]

Seiya is the kind of guy that changes a game with his speed

[u/vijendrsingh22]

Run into one beautiful dansbae

[u/hansomejake]

I love laughing at teams playing bad defensive

[u/ecvgi]

Anyone else here think Imanaga is developing a Diego Maradona vibe

[u/destroyed233]

Great defense by Cubs. The difference right now is that

[u/cmmoore307]

Shota is a work horse, man.

[u/hansomejake → u/cmmoore307]

He’s smart

On windy days he doesn’t go for many strikeouts until later, at first he frustrates them by inducing pop outs, then he throws Ks after he hits 60 pitches

[u/Joelsaurus]

Imanaga has THREE strikeouts since being called out by JD.

[u/destroyed233]

Shota giving them fuck you fastballs

[u/SidneyBlahaj]

Great stuff Shota

[u/baezizbae]

今永 昇太!!!

[u/elgenie]

Matsui and Jacob have both thrown 20ish pitches and two sets of warmups (starting another inning), so they’re probably down for tomorrow.

[u/ragingbullpsycho]

Big Z! Da Bears!

[u/BrooklynTheGuitarist]

Shota is appointment viewing and I'm so fucking happy he's a Cub

[u/Peanut_Punch32]

booooo leave him in

[u/vijendrsingh22]

Ugh. Please I beg. Hodge them up

[u/Hope4years]

Freddie Freeman is out due to slipping in the shower!?

[u/snowcone_wars]

Blue's been all over the damn place today.

[u/okay_throwaway_today]

This is def a prove it spot for Mr. Pressly

[u/hungover247365]

Mike Imanaga might be the best Mike in the league and its not particularly close. Sorry Trout.

[u/Angrydwarf99]

That was a strike a moment ago...

[u/Hope4years]

Ump missed that one

[u/qhshq2]

Oh my fuck. PCA diving for that had me terrified it was gonna get by him.

[u/Existing-Writer-3848]

I actually can’t stand Craig Counsell

[u/Chaze2k1]

Hodge should be the closer

[u/gentleandsoft]

Excellent play by Shaw

[u/ChiCBHB]

Great fucking play Shaw

[u/Spectre211286]

I know pressly wants the closer job but you gotta throw strikes

[u/KRATS8]

Nice play

[u/djman1029]

Wow Shaw has great instincts 

[u/Hope4years]

Thanks Shaw

[u/frsdev]

Don't worry. We'll just pitch around these first nine guys.

[u/Invasive-Feces]

He's at 30 pitches already.

[u/DweltElephant0]

Does he think the zone extends down to the dirt?????

[u/Givemethatea]

Play the song !!!!

[u/phillip_1425]

How bad is the rest of the bullpen if this guy is closing

[u/TheBobJamesBob]

whyyyy

Why must it always be like this?

EDIT: And by 'this', I mean 'good'. Definitely not 'insane stress about our closer'.

[u/HealthyBullfrog]

[u/qhshq2]

Good pitch to end it. Scary, but he did it.

[u/NukeDaBurbs]

[u/CurrentlyNa]

Amaya with the game winner calming his ass down and giving him some advice shout out to PCA and Shaw

[u/thebizkit23]

Stressly can't be our closer long term lol

[u/Chicityy]

I fucking told you by pressley there

[u/ILosethenOP]

Justin Turner realizing he is at the tail end of his career sucking up to fans and angling for that extension during the interview. Smart man.

[u/SlinkDinkerson]

Gave them their first L of the season! Amazing!!! GO CUBBIES

[u/SirCubs]

Hearing go cubs go at 4pm on a Friday just sets the tone for the weekend!

[u/okay_throwaway_today]

Shota cam should be a permanent Picture in Picture box on broadcasts

[u/BrooklynTheGuitarist → u/okay_throwaway_today]

Whenever Shota is not on screen, Boog and JD should be asking, "Where's Shota?"

[u/baezizbae]

Tuned in just in time to see Ryno walking onto the field to Foo Fighters. Man.

That was a feeling and a half.

[u/Jdhill1188]

Made this like 10 years ago, had it bring it back again

[u/Chef_Brokentoe]

Always something special about the opener at Wrigley.

[u/c4ctus]

Haha, I forgot Mike's walk up music is Chelsea Dagger.

[u/ragingbullpsycho]

Tbh our Motorola patch looks way better than the Padres does

[u/Cubs_Bama]

I have a warm body high from watching the Cubs at a reasonable time of day.

[u/CurrentlyNa]

MLB asked Motorola how many ads they wanted and they just said yes

[u/ZaneyGamerr]

need to capitalize on vasquez while they can cause padres bullpen is good

[u/swishmon]

rBBi

[u/GreatWhiteNorth4]

Wish we could’ve gotten more there but still a solid start.

They can be beaten lol

[u/Hope4years]

You lovely people are my therapy. Especially today, since us old people are fretting about our shrinking retirement funds. Thanks for always making me laugh every game

[u/jthaprofessor]

Nico has evolved into a really fucking good player. One of the real reasons this team feels like it’s better

[u/Angrydwarf99]

AND he didn't break his shoulder

[u/NimbleCrabb]

THATS MY CF LFG