Padres' magic number to clinch playoff spot is six; Dodgers first up in nine-game homestand to finish regular season
“To kind of get that monkey off our back here and win a series and score some runs feels pretty good,” manager Bob Melvin said after the Padres won their second consecutive game at Coors Field on Sunday.The season series against the Rockies in their silly ballpark was over. The Padres don’t have to go back a mile high until June.The biggest thing the Padres did for themselves over the weekend was perhaps showing their words could become reality.
So the Padres could theoretically go 3-6 over the course of their three-game series against the Dodgers, White Sox and Giants, and they would still be in the postseason as long as the Brewers finish no better than 6-3 in their games against the Cardinals , Marlins and Diamondbacks. Machado acknowledged winning the MVP would be a “big accomplishment” but said the award “is a team thing.”
“I hope it will be electric,” Machado said. “Hopefully, it’s a playoff atmosphere and getting ready for that next step that we’re going to take. We’re excited to get back home. We’ve got one of the best fan bases in the league. For them to go out there and give us the energy that we need every single day is going to be huge.”There is no more theorizing or justifying or waiting. They just figure they must win. The most marathon of all sports is down to a mad dash to the finish.
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