The Padres beat the DIamondbacks on Friday night to secure home-field advantage in the National League Wild Card round.
The Padres set a Petco Park attendance record with more than 3.3 million fans through the gates this season. The Friar Faithful are going to have at least two more chances to pack the world's best ballpark.
The Padres beat the Diamondbacks 5-3 while the Mets lost 8-4 in Milwaukee, locking San Diego into the 4th National League playoff seed that comes with the honor of hosting the best-of-three Wild Card playoff series.The night got off to a stellar start. In the 1st inning, Manny Machado lined a single to right field to score Luis Arraez to make it 1-0. Arraez had led off with a double and had three hits, raising his average to .
The scoring did not stop there. Jackson Merrill singled to bring home Jurickson Profar for a 2-0 lead, then San Diego got a gift. Xander Bogaerts hit a ground ball that should have been a double play but All-Star 2nd baseman Ketel Marte's throw sailed out of play. The error allowed Machado to score and kept the inning alive for David Peralta, who burned his former team with a single to plate Merrill and put the cap on a 4-run inning.
Darvish allowed two more runs over the next 5.1 innings then let San Diego's lockdown bullpen take it from there. Jeremiah Estrada, Adrian Morejon. Jason Adam, and Robert Suarez combined for 4.2 shutout innings to make sure San Diego gets to watch October baseball in person. We aren't sure yet who the Padres will play in that series. The Diamondbacks, Mets, and Braves are all tied with only two postseason spots still available.Whoever comes to town, Games 1 and 2 are set for Tuesday and Wednesday. If necessary, Game 3 would be played on Thursday. Major League Baseball has not yet announced start times for any of the playoff series. For ticket information,
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