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CHICAGO (WLS) — ABC7 Chicago will broadcast the Cubs Wild Card Series against the Padres on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Chicago Cubs secured their home-field advantage for their National League Wild Card Series against the San Diego Padres on Saturday.
Chicago beat the Cardinals 7-3.
The Cubs and Padres play Game 1 of their best-of-three series on Tuesday.
The video in the player above is from a previous report.
First pitch will be at 1:08 p.m. ET on Tuesday and Wednesday for the Cubs v. Padres MLB NL Wild Card Series.
ABC7 will broadcast the games.
The 2025 Postseason will have four Wild Card Series games scheduled each day from Tuesday through Thursday under a best-of-three format, all available on ESPN’s family of networks, the MLB announced.

Chicago Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong celebrates his home run with Seiya Suzuki during a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, in Chicago.
(AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
The last time the Cubs hosted a postseason game at Wrigley Field with fans in attendance was in October 2018. It is their first postseason appearance since 2020, when no fans were in attendance due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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