Facing a second left-hander in a row, Jake Cronenworth will sit to start Tuesday’s game at Wrigley Field as the Padres look to snap a three-game skid.

First pitch is at 5:05 p.m. on Padres.TV.

Tonight’s lineup. pic.twitter.com/E1p2KsdSJy

— San Diego Padres (@Padres) June 30, 2026

Cronenworth (.455 OPS) returned from the concussion list on Monday and went 0-for-3. He will give way at second base on Tuesday to Fernando Tatis Jr. (.709 OPS), who is hitting .312/.356/.462 during a 22-game on-base streak.

Tatis went 1-for-5 on Monday.

Left fielder Samad Taylor (.777 OPS) will serve as the two-hole hitter in a seventh-straight game. Taylor went 1-for-4 on Monday but is still just 1-for-14 with four walks and seven strikeouts over his last 18 plate appearances.

With Tatis at second base, Jase Bowen (.343 OPS) will man right field and bat eight, between shortstop Xander Bogaerts (.664 OPS) and catcher Freddy Fermin (.502 OPS).

The Padres’ three-game skid comes on the heels of a four-game winning streak. The Padres (43-40) are 11 games behind the Dodgers in the NL West and are a game out of a wild-card spot.

The Cubs (47-38) are tied with the Phillies for the NL’s top wild-card spot.

Here is how Chicago will line up for Game 2:

See you tonight at our place!

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— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) June 30, 2026

Tuesday’s pitching matchup

Padres LHP JP Sears (1-0, 3.18 ERA)

He had thrown five shutout innings in his 2026 debut on Wednesday before giving up a two-run homer in the sixth and exiting with two outs. He struck out five, walked two, allowed five hits and threw 53 of his 81 pitches for strikes. Sears had a 7.92 ERA in 14 starts to begin the year at Triple-A El Paso. Tuesday will mark his first appearance against the Cubs.

Only two Cubs have history with Sears in the majors:

3B Alex Bregman (7-for-20, 2 2Bs, 2 HRs, 5 RBIs, 2 BBs, 1 K)
C Carlson Kelly (2-for-2, 2B, BB)

Cubs LHP Matthew Boyd (2-1, 5.02 ERA)

He missed roughly six weeks with a torn meniscus before returning Thursday with 4⅔ shutout innings at the Mets. He struck out four, walked four and allowed four hits. Boyd allowed five runs in four innings to the Padres at Petco Park in late April. Boyd threw 4⅓ innings of one-run ball to help the Cubs beat the Padres in Game 1 of the NL Wild Card Series last year at Wrigley Field.

Here is how Boyd has fared against current Padres in the regular season: