CHICAGO (AP) — Dansby Swanson hit two of Chicago’s five home runs and the Cubs held on for their fourth straight victory, 9-7 over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night.
Alex Bregman, Michael Busch and Pete Crow-Armstrong added homers to help the Cubs win for the 10th time in 12 games.
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Chicago Cubs' Seiya Suzuki of Japan, celebrates with a teammate after hitting a walk-off one-run single during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres in Chicago, Monday, June 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
San Diego Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr. hits a solo home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in Chicago, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Chicago Cubs' Alex Bregman hits a three-run home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres in Chicago, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Chicago Cubs' Dansby Swanson celebrates as he rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres in Chicago, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Fernando Tatis Jr. hit two home runs and Manny Machado and Gavin Sheets also went deep as San Diego dropped its fourth straight after a four-game winning streak.
Swanson hit a solo home run off JP Sears (1-1) in the second to give the Cubs the lead for good, then added a two-run shot off Ron Marinaccio in the fifth. He finished 3 for 4 with his second multi-homer game in less than a week — he hit two in the opening game of a doubleheader at the New York Mets on June 24.
Javier Assad gave up Sheets’ three-run homer and Tatis’ second solo shot in the eighth to make it a two-run game, but the Padres couldn’t get closer. Ryan Rolison got the final out for his first save.
Matthew Boyd (3-1) gave up both San Diego homers in the first five innings, and surrendered three runs and eight hits while striking out two.
Tatis led off and knocked Boyd’s fifth pitch over the left-field bleachers onto Waveland Avenue, before Chicago answered in the bottom of the inning when Seiya Suzuki scored on Carson Kelly’s RBI single.
Bregman came up two spots after Swanson and hit a three-run homer in the second. Machado drove in two with his 16th home run in the third. Busch hit a solo shot and Ian Happ singled to chase Sears in the fifth, and Swanson greeted Marinaccio with his 13th home run.
Crow-Armstrong added his 18th of the year — and 11th in the month of June — an inning later.
Sears, making his second start of the season, gave up eight hits — including Chicago’s first three homers — and six earned runs while walking three and striking out four.
It was 92 degrees (33 Celsius) with a 19 mph wind blowing out at the first pitch for a game in which the teams combined 26 hits and nine home runs.
San Diego’s Walker Buehler (5-3, 3.81 ERA) faces fellow RHP Colin Rea (5-5, 4.80) in Wednesday afternoon’s series finale.
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Chicago Cubs' Seiya Suzuki of Japan, celebrates with a teammate after hitting a walk-off one-run single during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres in Chicago, Monday, June 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
San Diego Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr. hits a solo home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in Chicago, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Chicago Cubs' Alex Bregman hits a three-run home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres in Chicago, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Chicago Cubs' Dansby Swanson celebrates as he rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres in Chicago, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Win-or-go-home matches continue Tuesday at the World Cup in the round of 32.
Kylian Mbappé put France ahead in the 45th minute and added a second-half goal to set a World Cup knockout round scoring record, and Les Bleus beat Sweden 3-0 to set up a round of 16 match against Paraguay.
Erling Haaland scored the deciding goal in the 86th minute and Norway won a World Cup knockout game for the first time, advancing to the last 16 with a 2-1 victory over Ivory Coast.
Later Tuesday, co-host Mexico takes on Ecuador.
Mexico's Julián Quiñones and Raul Jiménez could test Ecuador as each team seeks to keep its World Cup hopes alive.
This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
Mexico fans cheer at Shell Energy Stadium, home of the MLS soccer club Houston Dynamo, as they watch a live broadcast in Houston, of a World Cup soccer round of 32 match between Mexico and Ecuador, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Norway's Erling Haaland (9) celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026.(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Norway goalkeeper Oerjan Nyland (1) and Norway's Kristoffer Ajer (3) react during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Norway's Erling Haaland (9) scores their second goal during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Norway's Antonio Nusa (20) celebrates after scoring during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Jessica Tobias)
France's Kylian Mbappe (10) celebrates scoring their third goal with Michael Olise (11) during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between France and Sweden in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
France's Kylian Mbappe (10) celebrates with teammates after scoring his side's third goal during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between France and Sweden in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
France's Kylian Mbappe (10) celebrates scoring their third goal during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between France and Sweden in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
Mexico fan Ray Mysterio poses in Houston before a live broadcast of a World Cup soccer round of 32 match between Mexico and Ecuador, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Ecuador's Nilson Angulo (20) battles for the ball with Mexico's Jorge Sanchez (2) during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Mexico and Ecuador in Mexico City, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Mexico's Raul Jimenez (9) celebrates with teammate Julian Quinones (16) after scoring his team's second goal during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Mexico and Ecuador in Mexico City, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Mexico's Julian Quinones, left, scores his side's opening goal past Ecuador's Willian Pacho during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match in Mexico City, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
Mexico's Raul Jimenez (9), right, vies for the ball with Ecuador's Moises Caicedo (23) during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Mexico and Ecuador in Mexico City, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Mexico's Raul Jimenez, center, scores his side's second goal past Ecuador's Pedro Vite, second from left, during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match in Mexico City, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
Mexico's Johan Vasquez, top left, celebrates with teammates after Raul Jimenez scored his side's second goal during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match against Ecuador in Mexico City, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
Norwegian fans celebrate after victory in the round of 16 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway during the 2026 World Cup, in Oslo, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (Cornelius Poppe/NTB via AP)
Norway's fans watch the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
France's Kylian Mbappe (10) celebrates scoring their first goal with head coach Didier Deschamps during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between France and Sweden in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
France's Kylian Mbappe runs with the ball against Sweden during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Sweden's Viktor Gyokeres (17) and France's William Saliba (17) battle for the ball during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between France and Sweden in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
France's Michael Olise (11) makes an overhead kick next to Sweden's Gabriel Gudmundsson (5) during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
France's Kylian Mbappe reacts after scoring his side's opening goal during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between France and Sweden in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
-France's Kylian Mbappe (10) celebrates their first goal with Ousmane Dembele, left, during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between France and Sweden in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
France's Kylian Mbappe (10) shoots during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between France and Sweden in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Sweden's Viktor Gyokeres (17) reacts after taking hit to the face as he battles for the ball with France's Dayot Upamecano, left, and William Saliba, right, during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between France and Sweden in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
France's Bradley Barcola celebrates scoring their second goal with teammates during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between France and Sweden in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Sweden's Jacob Widell Zetterström cannot stop a goal by France's Bradley Barcola during a World Cup round of 32 soccer match between France and Sweden in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
France's Kylian Mbappe (10) scores their first goal past Sweden's Gustaf Lagerbielke (2) during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between France and Sweden in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
France's Kylian Mbappe (10) celebrates scoring their third goal during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between France and Sweden in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
Norway's Erling Haaland (9) shakes hands with the fans after the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026.(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Norway players perform a viking boat row after the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Jessica Tobias)
Norway's Erling Haaland (9) poses after the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Jessica Tobias)
Norway's David Moeller Wolfe (5) and Torbjoern Heggem (17) celebrate as Ivory Coast players lie on the pitch, after the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Norway goalkeeper Oerjan Nyland (1) reacts after Erling Haaland (9) scored his side's second goal during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Norway players celebrate after scoring second goal during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Jessica Tobias)
Norway's Erling Haaland (9), left, scores during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Jessica Tobias)
Ivory Coast's Amad Diallo (15) celebrates with teammates after scoring his side's opening goal during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Ivory Coast's Amad Diallo (15) celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Ivory Coast's Amad Diallo (15), right, scores his side's first goal during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026.(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Ivory Coast's Emmanuel Agbadou (20) and Norway's Oscar Bobb (22) jump for the ball during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Jessica Tobias)
Norway's Kristoffer Ajer (3) argues with referee Jesus Valenzuela Saez, of Venezuela, during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Norway's Alexander Soerloth (7) heads the ball during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026.(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
France fans watch the World Cup Group I soccer match between Norway and France in Foxborough, Mass., near Boston, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Norway's Erling Haaland (9), right, gets the ball past Ivory Coast's Ibrahim Sangare (18) during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Norway's Antonio Nusa (20), top, celebrates with teammates after scoring the opening goal of his team during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026.(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Norway's Antonio Nusa (20) center, celebrate with teammates after scoring the opening goal during the FIFA World Cup Round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026.(AP Photo/Gareth Patterson)
Norway's Antonio Nusa (20) scores their opening goal past Ivory Coast goalkeeper Yahia Fofana (1) during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Ivory Coast's Guela Doue (17), left, challenges Norway's Antonio Nusa (20) during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Norwegian players huddle during a warm up before the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Jessica Tobias)
Norway's Erling Haaland (9) kicks the ball past Ivory Coast's Ibrahim Sangare (18) during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Norway players enter the pitch before the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026.(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Norway's Erling Haaland (9) is shown on the big screen during teams presentation before the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Jessica Tobias)
Norway's Antonio Nusa (20) celebrates after scoring the opening goal of his team during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026.(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
