It’s now or never for the Chicago Cubs.

Either they take their Wild Card series, and set up a best-of-five NL Central playoff grudge match with the Milwaukee Brewers, or they fall to the Padres, evoke memories of 1984 and watch their season end prematurely.

Here’s what you need to know about the Cubs’ NL Wild Card winner-take-all Game 3 on Thursday vs. San Diego.

When will the Cubs play?

Since the Yankees rallied to beat the Boston Red Sox to force a decisive Game 3 and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Cincinnati Reds 2-0 to move on to the NL Division series, the Cubs will now take on the Padres in the late afternoon.

First pitch for Game 3 of the Cubs vs. Padres will be at 4:08 P.M. on Thursday.

There was a scenario where the Cubs would play at 6:38 P.M. if all the other Wild Card s

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