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Cubs drop back-and-forth game to Padres despite Trey Mancini’s emergence

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Cubs first baseman Trey Mancini hits a two-run home run in the fourth inning against the San Diego Padres at Wrigley Field on April 26, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois.

The Cubs came out of a back-and-forth game Wednesday with a 5-3 loss to the Padres.

Left-hander Drew Smyly held the Padres to two runs through five innings. The start didn’t match the dominance of his last, when Smyly carried a no-hitter into the eighth inning against the Dodgers. But it kept the Cubs in the game.

The one at-bat he was replaying in his head after the game was against Jake Cronenworth with two runners on in the fourth inning.