⁍ San Diego ends San Francisco’s season with a 5-4 win on the final day of the regular season.
⁍ The Giants needed a win and a Milwaukee loss to claim a wild-card spot in the new eight-team format.
⁍ But San Francisco couldn’t complete a rally from an early 5-1 deficit.
⁍ The Padres, meanwhile, will take a three-game winning streak into their best-of-three home series against the fifth-seeded Cardinals.
– The San Diego Padres earned a wild-card spot in the National League playoffs with a 5-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday. The Giants needed a win and a Milwaukee Brewers loss to claim the final wild-card spot in the new eight-team format. The Cardinals did their part for the Giants, beating the Brewers 5-2, but San Francisco couldn’t complete a rally from an early 5-1 deficit. As a result, the Giants and Brewers (29-31) tied for the final spot, with Milwaukee earning the tie-breaker edge based on division record. The Padres, meanwhile, will take a three-game winning streak into their best-of-three home series against the fifth-seeded Cardinals, beginning on Wednesday.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/baseball-mlb-sf-sd/myers-and-padres-deliver-knockout-punch-to-giants-idUSMTZXEG9RCA4TOP