SITE NOTE: With all of us focused on this game, there won’t be additional threads to discuss the other three Wild Card games being played today. Feel free to discuss those here (and for the night games, in the recap).

Tuesday notes… • ABOUT THOSE VISITORS FROM SAN DIEGO: The Cubs have won the first game in 52 of their 86 regular-season series at home against the Padres, including a 3-1 victory in their home opener on April 4 of this year. They have won the first two games, as they hope to do today and tomorrow, in 32 series, including this year. In all second games, they are 52-34, the same as in first game. In third games, they are 45-35. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53) • UNDER SUNLIGHT: In post-season day games at Wrigley vs. National League opponents, the Cubs are 4-4. They beat the Padre

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