San Diego Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr., center, celebrates with teammates after the Padres defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 4-0 in Game 3 of a National League wild-card baseball series Friday, Oct. 2, 2020, in San Diego.
San Diego became the first team in baseball history to use eight or more pitchers in three straight postseason games.
The Padres rewarded their long-suffering fans by winning one of the most meaningful games of any kind in San Diego in a long time.
The city’s only major professional championship remains the San Diego Chargers’ 1963 AFL title.
The Padres lost 4-1 to the Detroit Tigers in the 1984 World Series and were swept by the New York Yankees in the 1998 Fall Classic.