42,371 fans filled Petco Park on Monday night hoping to see history.

If the Padres beat the Brewers, the team with the best record in baseball, the Friar Faithful would be celebrating a trip to the playoffs. Why not do it with a walkoff?

Freddy Fermin singled to score Gavin Sheets in the bottom of the 11th inning to give the Friars a 5-4 win and, officially, a spot in the 2025 postseason to extend the most successful streak in franchise history. The only other time the Padres have gone to the playoffs in two straight years was 2005 and 2006. In the first 50 years of their existence they only played October baseball five times. They've now reached the postseason four times in the last six years.

The Padres scored the first run of the night in a wacky way. Brewers starting pitcher Freddy

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