Boyd, Padres Seek to Extend Eight-Game Run Against Cubs — Cubs Vs Padres

cubs vs padres arrives Monday with San Diego trying to push an eight-game home winning streak to nine. The Padres are 18-9 and second in the NL West, while the Cubs come in at 17-11 and second in the NL Central.

Boyd And Vasquez

Matthew Boyd is lined up to start for Chicago with a 1-1 record, 5.79 ERA, 1.14 WHIP and 22 strikeouts. Randy Vasquez will start for San Diego with a 2-0 record, 1.88 ERA, 1.08 WHIP and 30 strikeouts.

The matchup is the first meeting of the season between the clubs in San Diego. It puts one road team at 6-6 away from home against a Padres group that has gone 9-4 at home and has not lost there in eight straight games.

Padres Power, Cubs Pop

San Diego has leaned on Xander Bogaerts, who has two doubles and four home runs, and Luis Campusano, who is 11 for 26 with five doubles and three home runs over the last 10 games. The Padres have hit only.238 over their last 10 games and carry a 5.17 ERA in that stretch, but they have still gone 7-3 and been outscored by only five runs.

Chicago brings the more productive offense on paper. The Cubs rank third in the NL with a.427 team slugging percentage, and their last 10 games have produced an 8-2 record, a.291 batting average, a 3.90 ERA and a 12-run edge.

Hoerner And Busch

Nico Hoerner has seven doubles and four home runs for Chicago, while Michael Busch is 13 for 42 with two doubles, two home runs and eight RBIs over his last 10 games. That gives the Cubs one of the cleaner recent forms in the NL, even as they walk into a ballpark where the Padres have already stacked eight straight home wins.

The standings are tight enough that this game can shape the first month for both second-place teams. San Diego is protecting home field and a streak that has become the clearest marker of its start, while Chicago is trying to turn its road split into a road win.