Manny Machado homered and drove in three runs as the San Diego Padres beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 to take sole possession of the top spot in the National League wild-card standings.

The Los Angeles Dodgers (97-60) host the San Diego Padres (87-70) at Dodger Stadium on Thursday. The moneyline on this contest has San Diego at +102 and Los Angeles opens at -122. The total comes in at 8.5. The pitchers taking the mound will be Nick Pivetta and Tyler Glasnow.

The Dodgers and San Diego Padres finish off their season series on Thursday, which is the Dodgers’ final home game of the 2026 regular season. Tyler Glasnow takes the ball for Los Angeles, with Nick Pivetta starting for San Diego.

“It was very important to us,” Chris Gwynn recalled Wednesday by phone. Gwynn lined a two-run double in the 11th inning, scoring Steve Finley and Ken Caminiti. Trevor Hoffman then struck out L.A.’s Chad Curtis to touch off the celebration.

In the final game of a three-game series at Dodger Stadium, the San Diego Padres (88-70) take on the Los Angeles Dodgers (97-61), Thursday at 10:10 p.m. ET.Look

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LOS ANGELES — A quad injury cost Jason Adam the chance to help the Padres in last year’s NL Wild Card Series. The team is intent on seeing what the 35-year-old veteran can provide this time around. Out since late June with a shoulder injury,

The San Diego Padres are here to stay. They only need one more win (and one Arizona Diamondbacks loss) to clinch the postseason on Tuesday night versus the Los Angeles Dodgers. Th