Pete Crow-Armstrong Powers Cubs Past Padres 8-3 — Padres Game
The Cubs turned a tight padres game into an 8-3 win over the Padres in San Diego on April 29, 2026, and Pete Crow-Armstrong delivered the swing that separated them. His three-run homer in the seventh inning broke the game open after San Diego had kept it close through six.
Crow-Armstrong Breaks It Open
Pete Crow-Armstrong’s homer came after the Cubs had already regained the lead in the sixth, then held the margin long enough for the outburst to matter. The three-run shot pushed Chicago well clear and finished off a game that had moved back and forth across the middle innings.
That was the difference after the Cubs had lost three straight. They left San Diego with the series even and a result that stopped the slide before it could grow into something harder to manage.
Swanson Starts The Early Scoring
Dansby Swanson set the first Cubs push in motion in the top of the second, when Ian Happ and Michael Busch walked and Swanson doubled them both in. The inning gave Chicago an early lead, but it did not hold long.
Xander Bogaerts answered in the bottom of the second with a homer off Edward Cabrera to make it 2-1, and the Padres tied it 2-2 in the fourth when Ty France singled him in. Cabrera still worked through seven strikeouts, giving Chicago enough strikeout support to stay in the game while the offense waited for one more opening.
Hoerner, Suzuki And Milner
The Cubs got that opening in the sixth. Nico Hoerner doubled in Carson Kelly and Nicky Lopez to put Chicago back in front, but Luis Campusano answered with an RBI single in the bottom of the inning to pull San Diego within 4-3.
Seiya Suzuki helped preserve the edge with a sliding catch in the fifth, and Hoby Milner then struck out Bryce Johnson to end the sixth-inning jam. Ryan Rolison also pitched for the Cubs, adding to a staff effort that kept the Padres from fully taking control while the game still hung in the balance.
Swanson left after stealing third in the second inning, and there were no postgame updates on him. That left the Cubs with a win, a split series, and a late power burst from Crow-Armstrong as the clearest takeaway from a game that stayed close until the seventh.
