CHICAGO -- The 2016 Padres didn't exactly have designs on Brett Wallace assuming the role of everyday third baseman when they arrived in Arizona this spring. But the way Wallace is swinging right now, they'll take his bat in the lineup any way they can get it.
Wallace's go-ahead three-run homer in the top of the seventh inning was the decisive blow in Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader, as the Padres beat the Cubs, 7-4, at Wrigley Field.
With four infielders currently on the disabled list, the Padres essentially handed Wallace the third-base job on May 2.