The San Diego Padres are one of the hottest teams in all of MLB as of late, which is great for this point in the playoffs. San Diego has the talent; it just took them some time to get going.
The Padres are coming off a huge sweep against the Chicago Cubs. San Diego completely controlled the series.
“For the second time in six days, they sprayed beer, popped champagne and danced to deafening reggaeton beats, commemorating another triumph. By this point, many of the San Diego Padres players have carved out their roles. Manny Machado douses, Fernando Tatis Jr. dances, and Walker Buehler holds the funnel. With each one, the party becomes more boisterous, the celebration extends a little longer, befitting a team in continual ascension,” ESPN’s Alden Gonzalez wrote.
The team has its hands full with the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday. In the top of the ninth in Game 1 of the NLDS, Ty France hit what would have been a go-ahead home run, only for it to be ruled an out. The ball hit the roof, keeping it in play, and Brewers outfielder Jackson Chourio caught it near the warning track. The umpires would call it an out instead of a home run. Los Angeles Dodgers writer Doug McKain believes San Diego is a cursed franchise after this happened to them.
“The Padres might really be a cursed franchise. This ball is going out, and the Padres would’ve taken a 4-3 lead in the 9th,” McKain posted.
The Padres might really be a cursed franchise.
This ball is going out, and the Padres would’ve taken a 4-3 lead in the 9th. pic.twitter.com/6yE8ZtJo3U
— Doug McKain (@DMAC_LA) October 4, 2026
While in the moment it was heartbreaking for the Padres, the right call was made by the umpiring crew in terms of MLB ground rules.
“Under the stadium’s ground rules, a “batted ball striking roof, roof truss or roof cable over fair territory” is considered in play. The San Diego Padres challenged the call on the field but the ground rules are explicit and the Milwaukee Brewers caught a massive break from their home ballpark to stay in the lead,” USA Today’s Jesse Yomtov wrote.
While it is a gut-wrenching call for San Diego to be on the other side of, it was the right call to be made. The organization was on the short end of the ruling on Saturday night, and it may feel like they are cursed after all.
The Padres will look to even the series on Sunday after the heartbreaking way they lost Game 1. San Diego will be hoping nothing comes down to hitting the roof for the rest of the series. To say the least, the Padres might have a little bit of a curse to them after losing the way they did in the first game of the series.
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