Cody Bellinger and the Chicago Cubs will take the box against Joe Musgrave and the San Diego Padres tonight.
The Chicago Cubs will stay on the road for the second game of a three-game series against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park in sunny California tonight. The Padres lead the series 1-0 after winning 9-8 last night at home. This was a tale of two halves. The Cubs went out to an 8-0 lead by the end of the fourth inning with three RBIs from Cody Bellinger, and two RBIs each from Ian Happ and Dansby Swanson. Cristopher Morel also had an RBI in those innings. From the sixth inning on, it was all San Diego coming back from down 8-0 to win by one run in the bottom of the eighth inning. The team scored seven runs in the sixth inning with home runs from Xander Bogaerts and Jake Cronenworth. Ha-Seong Kim had two RBIs as well in that span. Fernando Tatis Jr. blasted a two-run home run that took the lead and eventually won the game for San Diego in the eighth inning. Chicago will look to bounce back tonight.
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Game Date: Apr. 9, 2024
Game Time: 10:05 p.m. ET
TV: San Diego Padres (NEW)
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Chicago is undecided as to who will take the mound for the team tonight. However, the offense has been operating at such a level under Cody Bellinger and Seiya Suzuki that it might not matter. Bellinger has two homers and seven RBIs while Suzuki is batting .286 with two homers and 12 RBIs.
San Diego will put Joe Musgrave on the mound to face those aforementioned guys. He is 1-1 this season through his starts. In his last outing, he ended up going 6.0 innings giving up just one earned run on five hits with seven strikeouts walking one batter on a total of 88 pitches.
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