SAN DIEGO, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Mat Latos and two relievers combined on a two-hit shutout Monday and the San Diego Padres handcuffed the Chicago Cubs 2-0.
Latos (9-14) surrendered only two hits over seven innings, issuing a single walk and striking out nine while tossing 67 of his 103 pitches for strikes.
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Chad Qualls set the Cubs down in the eighth and Heath Bell got his 43rd save with a 1-2-3 ninth as the Padres won the opener of a season-ending, three-game series.
San Diego got both its runs in the sixth on a Will Venable solo homer and a Cameron Maybin RBI double.
Chicago's Casey Coleman (3-9) absorbed the loss, yielding two runs on five hits through 5 2/3 innings.
