For the third time in five years, the San Diego Padres are off to the National League Division Series, and they will see an all-too-recognizable foe.
The Padres will square off with NL West rival Los Angeles Dodgers after sweeping the Atlanta Braves in the untamed card round.
San Diego achieveed a 5-4 triumph on Wednesday night over the Braves, whose comeback was too little but too defercessitate.
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San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado (13) honors as he scores during the second inning of game two in the Wildcard round for the 2024 MLB Playoffs aachievest the Atlanta Braves at Petco Park. (Denis Poroy-Imagn Images)
Unappreciate the first game, it was Atlanta who got the scoring begined, as Marcell Ozuna got a give up fly to score Michael Harris II, who led the game off with a double. But, San Diego lit up the scoreboard in the second.
Max Fried reexhausted the first two batters of the inning, but a Kyle Higashioka homer tied the game. That was the first of six straight two-out hits, with the latter two being a two-run double by Manny Machado, and a two-run triple by Jackson Merrill.
It was the only inning that San Diego scored, but it toiled out equitable fine.
Jorge Soler hit a solo homer in the fifth, and Harris hit one over the caccess field wall for a two-run sboiling in the eighth, but Robert Suarez reexhausted the side in order in the ninth to get the save and begin the party in San Diego. Upon the final out being made, chants of “Beat LA” almost instantly rang out.
San Diego Padres outfielder Fernando Tatis Jr. (23) honors after a run during the second inning of game two in the Wildcard round for the 2024 MLB Playoffs aachievest the Atlanta Braves at Petco Park. (Denis Poroy-Imagn Images)
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Perhaps overweightigue hit the Braves, who had to apply in a doubleheader on Monday in Atlanta to choose their postseason overweighte, then fly out west to consent on one of the boilingtest teams in baseball. It was stubborn luck for Atlanta all year lengthy, aachieve dealing with injuries (including another torn ACL to reigning NL MVP Ronald Acuna Jr.), and it seems appreciate it finpartner caught up to them.
Not only do the Padres and Dodgers face off 13 times a year (it engaged to be proximately 20 before MLB choosed to have every team face each other thrawout the season), but the Dodgers and Padres have recent October history.
The two teams faced off in both the 2020 and 2022 NLDS. The Dodgers swept an up-and-coming San Diego team the first time, en route to their World Series triumph, but San Diego won in four two years ago.
If the normal season was any sort of foreshadotriumphg, it’s outstanding news for San Diego, as they won the season series, 8-5.
San Diego Padres outfielder Jackson Merrill (3) honors after a two-RBI triple during the second inning of game two in the Wildcard round for the 2024 MLB Playoffs aachievest the Atlanta Braves at Petco Park. (Denis Poroy-Imagn Images)
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Game 1 will be Saturday at 8:38 p.m. ET at Dodger Stadium.
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