Machado homers as Padres beat D-backs 10-7 to clinch home field in wild-card round vs Cubs
Manny Machado hit a three-run homer and the San Diego Padres beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 10-7 to secure the No. 4 seed in the National League playoffs. San Diego will host every game in a best-of-three Wild Card Series against the fifth-seeded Chicago Cubs beginning Tuesday. The winner will face the NL Central champion Milwaukee Brewers in a best-of-five Division Series. The Cubs eliminated the Padres in the wild-card round last season. Xander Bogaerts also went deep for the Padres, who clinched their club-record third straight 90-win season and seventh in team history. The Diamondbacks had…
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