Wood retired three straight Brewers batters with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 12th before stepping to the plate against Carlos Torres, who had just intentionally walked Miguel Montero to move the potential go-ahead run to third base, knowing the Cubs had long ago employed their last bench player. A career .181 hitter, Wood swung at strike one before looking at four consecutive pitches out of the zone.
He then returned to the mound for the bottom of the 13th and teamed with Neil Ramirez and Clayton Richard to seal the Cubs' victory.