Manny Machado and Xander Bogaerts homered and the San Diego Padres clinched home-field advantage in the first round of the National League playoffs with a 10-7 victory over the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday.
The San Diego Padres secured home-field advantage for the National League wild-card round by defeating the Arizona Diamondbacks 10-7 on Saturday. Manny Machado hit a three-run home run and Xander Bogaerts added a solo shot to lead San Diego. With the victory, the fourth-seeded Padres earned a matchup against the fifth-seeded Chicago Cubs in a best-of-three series set to begin Tuesday.
Despite the defeat, the Diamondbacks remain in contention for the final NL wild-card berth due to a Philadelphia Phillies loss to Tampa Bay. Arizona holds the tiebreaker over Philadelphia and can advance with a win and a Phillies loss on Sunday. James McCann homered for the D-backs, while Yuki Matsui earned the win for San Diego.
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