Padres clinch NL’s top wild-card spot, will host playoff series after beating Diamondbacks
The San Diego Padres are coming home. They scored enough early in Friday’s game and have won enough throughout the season to have earned the right to host a playoff series. It was a 5-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field coupled with the New York Mets’ 8-4 loss in Milwaukee that clinched the top-wild card spot for the Padres.