Padres grab Game 2 on Manny Machado’s late, shot across the left-field bleachers, flipping the series momentum as Cubs’ bats stall for a second straight game. Shota Imanaga allowed a heater in the fifth that Machado belted, and Chicago’s lineup—K Tucker, Happ, PCA—continued to slump, striking out in bunches. San Diego’s bullpen and late-inning depth loom large ahead of a decisive Game 3, where every at-bat and bullpen matchup could decide the NLDS fate.