Padres fans brought their all to Petco Park Thursday and did their best to send the energy across the country, to no avail as the Friars fell to the Cubs 3-1, ending their playoff hopes.

Fans gathered in Gallagher Square at the park had to withstand a brutal ninth inning in which Xander Bogaerts struck out on a questionable called third strike and another ump rang up Jake Cronenworth on a bang-bang call at first.

Chicago, after taking the three-game Wild Card series 2-1, will move on to play the Brewers in the National League Division Series.

It was another painful ending for San Diego after the club made the postseason for the fourth time in six years but fell short of a pennant again. The Padres forced a decisive Game 3 with a 3-0 victory on Wednesday, but their biggest stars flopped

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