CHICAGO — Zach Montano may be the only Padres fan in Bozeman, Mont.

A Solana Beach native who works as a fly-fishing guide, Montano has never met another fan of the brown and gold in his town — unless you count his three sons.

Montano got to know plenty of them at Wrigley Field on Thursday.

Despite the Padres’ 3-1 loss to the Cubs in Game 3 of the Wild Card Series , Thursday was a day to remember.

Montano and his son, Sage, woke up at dawn in Bozeman and flew to Chicago. They walked through the Wrigley Field gates for the first time two hours before first pitch.

Together, father and son marveled at the stadium’s manual scoreboard and historic brick. Zach Montano wore a mid-2000s sand Padres jersey over a “Slam Diego” T-shirt and Sage sported the team’s current brown jersey and hat.

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