Chicago Cubs vs San Diego Padres Box Score on May 31, 2017

The Sports Xchange
May 31, 2017

SAN DIEGO - Rookie Franchy Cordero tripled with one out in the eighth and scored on a fielder's choice to break a 1-1 tie, helping the San Diego Padres earn a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs Wednesday afternoon and a sweep of a three-game series against the reigning World Series champions.

The loss capped an 0-6 West Coast road trip for the Cubs. The Padres won a fourth straight game for the first time since August of 2015.

The 22-year-old Cordero, who was promoted from Triple-A El Paso last Saturday when center fielder Manuel Margot was placed on the 10-day disabled list with a calf injury, hit a drive off reliever Koji Uehara to the gap in right-center and used his speed to turn a double into a triple.

With the Cubs infield drawn in, Yangervis Solarte hit a hard grounder to second baseman Ian Happ. But Cordero slid in just ahead of the tag by Cubs catcher Willson Contreras, and everyone was safe on the play.

Left-handed reliever Brad Hand (1-3) was credited with the win and Brandon Maurer got his eighth save. Uehara (1-3) suffered the loss.

Padres starting pitcher Luis Perdomo allowed one run on three hits and two walks with four strikeouts over seven innings. The Cubs scored five runs on 12 hits in the three games.

Cubs starter Jake Arrieta allowed one run on five hits and two walks with seven strikeouts over six innings.

The Cubs took a 1-0 lead in the second.

Anthony Rizzo was hit by a Perdomo pitch leading off the inning. He stole second and moved to third on Happ's fly to deep center. Perdomo looked to be out of the inning when he retired Jason Heyward on a comebacker and got Javier Baez to hit a short grounder to third.

But Renfroe scored when Padres third baseman Ryan Schimpf failed to field Baez's ball for what was scored a single.

Schimpf made amends in the bottom half of the inning when he homered off Arrieta. Schimpf's 384-foot drive into the right field stands leading off the inning was his 14th homer of the season and the 11th allowed by Arrieta.

NOTES: Cubs 1B Anthony Rizzo was hit by a pitch in the first and third games of the series and now leads the major leagues with 12 hit-by-pitches this season . . . Padres RHP Carter Capps, who had Tommy John surgery last year, faced hitters at the Padres' year-round training facility in Arizona this week and manager Andy Green said the results "were mixed."