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Padres confirm their place in the playoffs
Sébastien Berrouard
Padres confirm their place in the playoffs
Credit: Houston Chronicle

The final playoff picture will be known this week, as some Major League Baseball teams are still trying to get their hands on the last available passes for the fall dance.

But that's no longer the case for the San Diego Padres. The Padres will return to the playoffs for the fourth time in six seasons thanks to a dramatic 5-4 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.

Freddy Fermin, acquired from the Kansas City Royals at the trade deadline on July 31, hit a single scoring ghost runner Bryce Johnson with one out in the eleventh inning to spark an explosion from the crowd of 42,371 gathered at Petco Park.

The Padres have thus closed to within two-and-a-half games of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the race for the National League West Section title, and within two-and-a-half games of the Chicago Cubs in the race for the first of three National League fourth-ace spots.

If the current standings hold, the Padres would visit the Cubs for a best-of-three Wild Card series.

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The winner would advance to the division series against the Brewers, who won their third consecutive section title on Sunday and are in the playoffs for the seventh time in eight seasons.

San Diego will be hoping things go better in October than they did last year. After sweeping the Atlanta Braves in a home series to earn a chance to face their eternal rivals, the Dodgers, the Padres led the series 2-1 before failing to score a single run in the final 24 innings and losing the series in five games.

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