Justin Steele struck out five and walked two in 5 1/3 innings, Yan Gomes had a two-run drive off Blake Snell in the second, and the Cubs blanked the Padres tonight.
San Diego had at least one baserunner in four of the first five innings, but it came up empty each time.
The Cubs broke it open with four runs in the eighth. Gomes hit an RBI single and scored on Nico Hoerner's three-run triple. San Diego, which had won four of five, finished with five hits. It went 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position and left 10 runners on base.
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