The San Diego Padres clinched the fourth National League playoff seed and will host a best-of-three Wild Card series at Petco Park after defeating the Diamondbacks. Manny Machado delivered a crucial RBI single in the first inning, while Luis Arraez continued his impressive season with three hits.
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.
Yu Darvish got the start, but in the first inning, did not look sharp. Arizona got one run back immediately on a leadoff homer by Corbin Carroll, then walked Marte and hit Joc Pederson with a pitch to bring pitching coach Ruben Niebla out for a chat. Whatever Niebla said hit home.
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