SAN DIEGO — At 1:27 p.m. Sunday, the out-of-town scoreboard in right field at Petco Park was updated to reflect a result that had just gone final more than 2,000 miles away.
Atlanta 5, Miami 4 . The Padres thus learned they could not clinch a postseason berth until Tuesday at the earliest. Then, with no visible change in collective demeanor, they went on to observe what has become a familiar routine.
Advertisement They came back from a deficit. They won, maintaining the majors’ highest success rate in the second half. They secured the franchise’s first 90-victory season since 2010.
A record-breaking crowd did not seem to care that it came at the expense of a team that made the worst kind of history . “People talk about scoreboard watching, and I understand it. The scoreboard I watch is at home in left-center.
It’s our scoreboard. It’s about what we do,” manager Mike Shildt said after the Padres rallied in the eighth, prevailed 4-2 and handed the Chicago White Sox their 120th loss. “Those players on the field, they got to the big leagues by getting it done on the field, and that’s what this is about.
It’s about us taking care of our business, and we’re not looking for anything other than what we can control.” And the Padres (90-66) still control something potentially seismic. Sunday’s result in San Diego, combined with a subsequent walk-off in Los Angeles, kept the Padres three games behind the Dodgers .
Tuesday, the two teams will meet in a series at.