The San Diego Padres avenged last year’s defeat. San Diego beat the Chicago Cubs 4-1 at home in Game 2 of the National League Wild Card Series on Sept. 30 (PT), sweeping the series to reach the Division Series — their first NLDS trip since 2024. (Sportal Korea/Yonhap News, 2026-10-01)

San Diego struck first on Xander Bogaerts’ RBI single and Ethan Salas’ sacrifice fly in the second, then retook a 4-1 lead on Gavin Sheets’ two-run homer to right with two outs in the fourth after Nico Hoerner had cut it to 2-1 for Chicago. (Sportal Korea/Yonhap News, 2026-10-01)

Starter Nick Pivetta came out early after 3 1/3 innings of one-run ball, but Bradley Rodriguez, Jason Adam, Adrian Morejon and Mason Miller combined to keep Chicago scoreless the rest of the way. (Sportal Korea/Yonhap News, 2026-10-01)

San Diego opens the best-of-five Division Series on Oct. 4 against the Milwaukee Brewers, the NL Central champions and the regular season’s top winning-percentage club. (Sportal Korea/Yonhap News, 2026-10-01) Korean infielder Song Seong-mun did not make the Padres’ Wild Card roster. (Sportal Korea/Yonhap News, 2026-10-01)

Meanwhile, the Atlanta Braves and Philadelphia Phillies are headed to a deciding Game 3. Philadelphia won 4-3 in 10 innings on the road on Sept. 30 to even the series. Back-to-back homers from Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper tied it in the eighth, and Alec Bohm’s solo shot in the top of the 10th stood as the winner. (Seoul Economic Daily, 2026-10-01; Sportal Korea/Yonhap News, 2026-10-01)

Atlanta shortstop Kim Ha-seong, batting ninth, went 0-for-1 with a walk and a run scored. He walked in the third, reached on a fielder’s choice on a bunt in the seventh and scored on Matt Olson’s sacrifice fly. He was pinch-hit for by Mike Yastrzemski in the ninth. (Seoul Economic Daily, 2026-10-01)

Game 3 is Oct. 1 at the same venue, with the winner facing the Los Angeles Dodgers in the Division Series. (Sportal Korea/Yonhap News, 2026-10-01)

Sources: Sportal Korea/Yonhap News, 2026-10-01; Seoul Economic Daily, 2026-10-01