Padres will have home-field advantage in wild-card rematch with Cubs
The San Diego Padres have earned a wild-card rematch with the Chicago Cubs, and this time it will be at home in packed and raucous Petco Park. Manny Machado and the Padres beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 10-7 on Saturday to wrap up the No. 4 seed in the National League playoffs.
The San Diego Padres have secured a wild-card rematch against the Chicago Cubs, with the home-field advantage at Petco Park. Manny Machado, leading the team to a 10-7 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday, secured the No. 4 seed in the National League playoffs. The Padres will host both games of the best-of-three Wild Card Series against the fifth-seeded Cubs starting Tuesday.
The winner will advance to play the Milwaukee Brewers in a best-of-five Division Series. Both teams have faced each other in the postseason before; the Cubs defeated the Padres last year in a Wild Card Series at Wrigley Field. Manager Craig Stammen expressed excitement about playing the series at home, emphasizing the importance of the upcoming playoff games.
The Padres clinched their third consecutive 90-win season and seventh in team history with a 4-2 win against the Dodgers. This will be the third postseason matchup between the Padres and Cubs, with the 1984 National League Championship Series being the other notable encounter.
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