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A big star met the big moment in Game 2 of this Cubs-Padres wild-card series, which now has one, winner-take-all game to go after the visitors won 3-0 Wednesday at Wrigley Field.
With one swing, Padres slugger Manny Machado took his place among the big dogs of baseball’s October. Cubs lefty Shota Imanaga did him a solid by leaving the ball over the heart of the plate in the fifth inning, and Machado took care of the rest. Ball, meet the top of the left-field bleachers. Padres, meet all the sudden momentum a talented team could hope for.