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The Padres finish it off with a double play and ensure a big win to keep their season alive with a shutout of the Cubs at Wrigley Field.
Manny Machado's huge home run in in the fourth inning was enough to win it 3-0.
But the win really came from a fantastic job by the six pitchers used by the Padres who have made sure the National League Wild Card Series is going to a decider.
Image source, Getty ImagesManny Machado watches his home run against the Chicago Cubs.
The veteran delivers for the San Diego Padres!
Manny Machado stands and watches as his massive swing launches a flyball out to left field.
It lands way back in the stands for a two-run home run as Fernando Tatis Jr. also scores.
The Padres have a 3-0 lead as Machado receives a series of incredibly complicated high fives and handshakes from his grateful team-mates.
Image source, Getty ImagesMachado celebrates his home run.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe Guardians players and fans enjoy their 6-1 win against the Tigers.
The Guardians win it 6-1 despite a tough finish as the Tigers leave the bases loaded.
It was tense and it was tight until the eighth inning but then the Guardians burst into life with home runs from Brayan Rocchio and Bo Naylor to take the game away from the Tigers.
That means this best-of-three American League Wild Card series is all square at 1-1 and we are going to a deciding match in Cleveland again tomorrow afternoon.
Image source, Getty ImagesBo Naylor launches a third home run for the Cleveland Guardians.
What an inning for the Guardians!
Bo Naylor is the latest player to get in on the act as he crashes a home run to right field.
Jose Ramirez and Daniel Schneemann also score and the Guardians extend their lead to 6-1.
The Tigers are about to bat and are down to their last three outs.
Image source, Getty ImagesBo Naylor, Jose Ramirez and Daniel Schneemann celebrate for the Guardians.
Image source, Getty ImagesDaniel Schneemann salutes the dugout after his RBI double.
The Guardians have their insurance run and a 3-1 lead.
Steven Kwan hits a double on a line drive to right field before Daniel Schneemann backs it up with a double of his own allowing Kwan to score.
Image source, Getty ImagesBrayan Rocchio hits a home run for the Guardians.
A huge moment in the Cleveland Guardians season as they take the lead at the bottom of the eighth inning.
Brayan Rocchio smashes a home run out to the fans in right field and Progressive Field gets loud!
The Guardians lead 2-1 and are very much alive in this three-game Wild Card Series.
Image source, Getty ImagesRocchio rounds the bases after his home run.
Image source, Getty ImagesFernando Tatis Jr. scores for the San Diego Padres.
Early joy for the San Diego Padres in Chicago.
Fernando Tatis Jr. and Luis Arraez deliver lead-off hits at the top of the first before both steal their bases to end up at second and third.
Jackson Merill brings Tatis Jr. home with a sacrifice fly out and the away team lead 1-0.
We are underway in Chicago. Andrew Kittredge is pitching for the Cubs with Fernando Tatis Jr. at the plate for the Padres.
San Diego Padres: Fernando Tatis Jr. (RF), Luis Arraez (1B), Manny Machado (3B), Jackson Merrill (CF), Xander Bogaerts (SS), Ryan O'Hearn (DH), Gavin Sheets (LF), Jake Cronenworth (2B), Freddy Fermin (C)
Chicago Cubs: Michael Busch (1B), Nico Hoerner (2B), Ian Happ (LF), Kyle Tucker (DH), Seiya Suzuki (RF), Carson Kelly (C), Pete Crow-Armstrong (2B), Dansby Swanson (SS), Matt Shaw (3B)
Starting pitchers: Dylan Cease & Andrew Kittredge (CHI)
Image source, Getty ImagesWrigley Field is set for the post-season in Chicago.
We are just a few minutes away from the first pitch in Windy City as the Chicago Cubs take on the San Diego Padres at Wrigley Field.
The Cubs came back to win 3-1 in last night's opening game and can wrap up the series with another win this afternoon.
The Padres must win today and again on Thursday if they can force a decider, but they have been here before and won in the Wild Card Series in 2020, 2022 and 2024.
Will they be able to level the series up?
Image source, Getty ImagesJavier Baez hits an RBI single to bring the Tigers level.
A big moment for the Tigers as they make it 1-1 at the top of the fourth inning.
The bases are loaded after consecutive walks given up by Tyler Bibee and Javi Baez steps up to take full advantage.
He hits a groundball single to centre field which brings home Riley Greene to score and it's all square.
For a moment it looked like they had taken the lead but the Guardians challenged whether Zach McKinstry was out at third and were successful so the inning is over.
Image source, Getty ImagesRiley Greene celebrates with coach A.J. Hinch after scoring for the Tigers.
Image source, Getty ImagesGeorge Valera scores the opening home run for the Guardians.
The Guardians hit the front in the first inning.
George Valera launches a flyball deep to centre field. It keeps going and is over the wall for a home run.
Perfect start for the Guardians as they lead 1-0 in this must-win game.
Image source, Getty ImagesGeorge Valera celebrates his home run for the Guardians.
We are getting underway at Progressive Field. Tanner Bibee is on the mound for the Tigers with Parker Meadows at-bat for the Guardians.
Detroit Tigers: Parker Meadows (CF), Gleyber Torres (2B), Kerry Carpenter (DH), Spencer Torkelson (1B), Riley Greene (LF), Wenceel Perez (RF), Dillon DIngler (C), Zach McKinstry (3B), Javier Baez (SS)
Cleveland Guardians: Steven Kwan (LF), George Valera (RF), Jose Ramirez (3B), Kyle Manzardo (DH), Bo Naylor (C), Gabriel Arias (SS), Chase DeLauter (CF), C.J. Kayfus (1B), Brayan Rocchio (2B)
Starting pitchers: Casey Mize (DET) & Tanner Bibee (CLE)
Image source, Getty ImagesProgressive Field hosts the Wild Card Series between the Cleveland Guardians and Detroit Tigers.
And welcome to post-season baseball!
The road to the World Series starts here as eight teams compete in the best-of-three Wild Card Series this week.
Already it is make-or-break for the Cleveland Guardians after they fell to a 2-1 defeat in the first game of the post-season against the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night.
The Guardians must win this afternoon's game to level things up and force a decider on Thursday; defeat would mean their season is over and the Tigers would advance to the Division Series starting on Saturday.
This is knockout baseball at its best!
Venue: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Date: Wednesday, 1 October
Coverage begins: 18:00 BST on iPlayer, BBC Sport website and app
Image source, Getty ImagesJose Ramirez hitting for the Cleveland Guardians.
On September 4th, the Detroit Tigers enjoyed a huge 11-game lead over the Cleveland Guardians at the top of the American League Central division, but since then everything has changed.
In the last month of the season the Guardians were the form team in Major League Baseball, winning 20 games and losing just seven. The Tigers meanwhile collapsed to a shocking seven wins for 17 losses.
That all meant on the final day of the regular season the Guardians were able to complete the most extraordinary comeback to win the division and secure home advantage in this Wild Card series.
No team has overcome such a big gap (15.5 games) to win a division since 1969, but both sides will be well aware of how easily form could go out of the window as we enter the post-season.
October is about knockout baseball, a different task altogether to the league structure of the regular season, and it all starts with this make-or-break three-game series in Cleveland.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe Detroit Tigers' Riley Greene has hit 36 home runs this season.
The Tigers had three players in the starting line-up of the American League team in this season's All-Star Game, more than any other franchise.
Riley Greene was among them and is their best home-run hitter with 36 home runs this season, putting him in the top ten for home runs across both leagues.
Guardians' veteran Jose Ramirez was their only starting player in that All-Star Game and has enjoyed a special season.
With 30 home runs and 168 hits, the 33-year-old is enjoying the best form of his life for the team he has represented since 2013.
Venue: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Date: Wednesday, 1 October
Coverage begins: around 20:00 BST on iPlayer, BBC Sport website and app
The San Diego Padres and Chicago Cubs are arguably a little unlucky to both be in the Wild Card Series and not to have won their division titles.
Both sides won at least 90 games (92 for the Cubs, 90 for the Padres) which is usually a decent mark to push for top spot in the division, but the Los Angeles Dodgers in the West and the Milwaukee Brewers in the Central were too strong.
Image source, Getty ImagesFernando Tatis Jr. is among the key players for the San Diego Padres.
The Padres have made it to the post-season four times in the last six seasons and should be full of confidence given they have beaten three different opponents in the Wild Card in 2020, 2022 and 2024.
In Manny Machado they have one of the greatest players of his generation and he has proven it once more this season with an impressive 27 home runs and 169 hits.
They also have plenty of depth in the shape of Fernando Tatis Jr., whose 111 runs scores is the joint-fifth most in Major League Baseball, and in Luis Arraez who has recorded a massive 181 hits - the joint-second most across the leagues.
Image source, Getty ImagesPete Crow-Armstrong has 31 home runs for the Chicago Cubs this season.
The Cubs have made it to the post-season for the first time since 2020 after a big rebuild that has seen the rise of talented young players like Pete Crow-Armstrong mixed with a reliable foundation of experience and star quality in the shape of players like Kyle Tucker.
Their slightly superior record in the regular season means they have home advantage in this Wild Card Series.
Image source, Getty ImagesAaron Judge and the New York Yankees will enter the post-season in the Wild Card series against the Boston Red Sox.
After the 162-game regular season came to an end on Sunday, now the 12 best teams in Major League Baseball (six from the American League and six from the National League) are left to battle it out for the title of World Series champions.
Eight of those teams enter the post-season at the first stage - the Wild Card series. They play each other in a best-of-three match knockout series with the winner advancing and the loser's season at an end.
The four teams who advance will face the four teams who received Wild Card byes for having the best record in the regular season in the best-of-five Division Series starting live on iPlayer on Saturday night.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe regular season home run leader Cal Raleigh will begin the post-season in the Division Series with the Seattle Mariners.
The four winners of the Division Series move on to the best-of-seven Championship Series where the American League and National League champions are decided.
The two winners of the Championship Series (the American League champions and the National League champions) then face off in the World Series at the end of October to decide the greatest team in baseball in 2025.
It all starts with the Wild Card fixtures:
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