Padres turn game-ending triple play to stun Dodgers, clinch playoff berth.

This time around, the Padres will be hoping for bigger things. Yes, bigger things this week as well. But every one of those goals begins with them first earning a spot in the playoffs of the year 2024. And on Tuesday night, it became official:

The Padres have made it to the postseason. This is quite an achievement.

An additional point was earned by San Diego in the postseason on October 2 with a 4:2 triumph over the archrivals Dodgers in Los Angeles, which included an interesting turn that saw the hrim clinching the game with a triple play preventing Shohei Ohtani from coming to the plate. Also, they kept moving towards their first title in the National League West in 12 years. The newly updated duel between the competitive teams is becoming somewhat hot again as the Dodgers’ lead has now been reduced to a mere two games, which is the least that number has been since the middle of August.

Padres turn game-ending triple play to stun Dodgers, clinch playoff berth.

With runners on first and second, the game-ending play happened with Miguel Rojas holding onto the bat. After Rojas hit a ground ball, which was right to Machado, who stepped on third and threw the ball to second and then to first and back to Cronenworth. The umpires huddled for a few seconds before deciding to use the television angles, and the decision was upheld unmistakably: A triple play was captured for the last out of the game with a score of 5-4-3.

“It’s the only way to do it. You gotta be kidding me right there. What a play by Manny,” his manager Mike Shildt said.

Do not worry; trying to clinch a divisional title is still the priority this week. On that front, the Padres already hold this outcome in their own hands. By beating Los Angeles three times, they will be the first again because they already clinched the head-to-head tie.

However, considering the final goal, there is still reason to stop and celebrate as it was done on Tuesday with the Padres. Of course, they want to achieve higher targets this season. But the 2023 Padres also had outsized goals beyond simply making the playoffs, and they missed.