Usually San Diego Padres fans would be happy about winning a series against a National League contender. However, Padres fans shouldn’t be after taking two out of three from the Miami Marlins this week because that wasn’t good enough.
The Padres started the series five games back of Miami, who were one game back of the final Wild Card spot, and if they would have swept, they would have gained three games on them in the Wild Card standings. Taking two out of three though only allowed San Diego to gain one game. The Friars sit at 61-67, four games back of Miami and 5.