Dylan Cease pitched six strong innings and Jurickson Profar had a go-ahead double and a two-run homer among his three hits for the San Diego Padres, who beat the Chicago Cubs 10-2 on Wednesday to take two of three in the series.
for five seasons before being traded to the Padres during spring training. Cease improved to 3-2 against the Cubs. He allowed just two hits and no earned runs while striking out seven and walking two. Chicago had only three hits.He was facing a Cubs team that won 5-1 on Tuesday night after blowing an 8-0 lead and losing 9-8 Monday night.
Cease said his game plan was to"just attack and get strikes and don't fall behind, basically. I think when I do that I'm very hard to hit.”said. “Obviously dominating pitching from Cease; he was tremendous. We did a lot of different things offensively, showed a lot of versatility, added on by applying pressure.”The Padres regained the lead in the fourth before blowing it open in the sixth on Cronenworth's leadoff shot, his second, and Profar's two-run homer, his second.
Profar left the Padres as a free agent after the 2022 season but returned in September after being released by the Rockies. He signed a $1 million, one-year deal in February. “The city feels like home, like Curacao,” Profar said. “I grew up playing in an environment like San Diego. It just brings the best out of me.”hit a leadoff single and scored on a double by Profar, who was thrown out stretching.
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