The Padres needed an act of divine intervention to win Tuesday and Manny Machado thinks they got one from Peter Seidler, who died last November.

The San Diego Padres clinch playoff spot with dramatic triple play, stunning the Los Angeles Dodgers in thrilling NL West showdown.

Manny Machado and the San Diego Padres wrote their own Hollywood ending on the home field of their biggest rivals.

The Dodgers already had scored a run in the bottom of the ninth off a shaky Robert Suarez when Manny Machado fielded a hard-hit grounder by Miguel Rojas and stepped back to touch third base before sending the ball around the horn for the triple play that ended the game.

The Padres now have a 91-66 record, and are within two games of the Dodgers in the race for the National League West division. The Padres have two more games against the Dodgers t

The Padres won a wild game on Tuesday thanks in large part to a controversial late-game decision made by Dodgers manager Dave Roberts.

The Los Angeles Dodgers rallied late but fell short in a 4-2 loss to the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers entered the bottom of the ninth trailing by three runs and had struggled to get anything going offensively for most of the game.