Padres win 92nd game, Wild Card Playoffs come to Petco Park! – NBC 7 San Diego

The Padres set an attendance record at Petco Park this season with more than 3.3 million fans. The Friar Faithful will have at least two more chances to conquer the best baseball stadium in the world.

The Padres beat the Diamondbacks 5-3 while the Mets lost 8-4 in Milwaukee, securing San Diego's fourth seed in the National League playoffs, which comes with the honor of hosting the best-of-three Wild -Card playoff series to be.

The evening started excellently. In the first inning, Manny Machado hit a single to right inning to score Luis Arraez and make it 1-0. Arraez had started with a double and three hits, raising his average to .314 and putting him five points ahead of Shohei Ohtani in his bid to win an unprecedented third consecutive title with another team.

The scoring didn’t stop there. Jackson Merrill singled to give Jurickson Profar a 2-0 lead, then San Diego got a gift: Xander Bogaerts hit a ground ball that should have been a double play but was thrown by All-Star second baseman Ketel Marte went out of bounds. The error allowed Machado to score and kept the inning alive for David Peralta, who burned his former team with a single against Merrill, capping a four-run inning.

Yu Darvish got the start but didn't look good in the first inning. Arizona immediately got a runback after a leadoff home run by Corbin Carroll, then went to Marte and hit Joc Pederson with a pitch to bring out pitching coach Ruben Niebla for a chat. Whatever Niebla said, it came true.

Darvish allowed two more runs over the next 5.1 innings, then let San Diego's lockdown bullpen take over. Jeremiah Estrada, Adrian Morejon. Jason Adam and Robert Suarez combined for 4.2 shutout innings to ensure San Diego can watch live baseball in October.

We're not sure who the Padres will play in the series yet. The Diamondbacks, Mets and Braves are all tied, with only two postseason spots available.

Whoever comes to town, Games 1 and 2 will take place on 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 click here.