The San Diego Padres turned a clinch celebration into final-weekend seeding math after locking a franchise-record third straight postseason berth. Thursday's 4-2 win at the Los Angeles Dodgers put them in; Saturday's 10-7 win over Arizona secured the No. 4 National League seed.

Reuters and Field Level Media framed the Dodgers win as franchise history: Nick Pivetta worked into the fifth, the bullpen held, and Mason Miller finished for his 38th save as San Diego reached October for a third consecutive season for the first time. Fernando Tatis Jr. and Ethan Salas drove in key runs in a late rally, according to accompanying AP game wraps. CBS Sports then reported Manny Machado's three-run homer and Xander Bogaerts's blast in the Diamondbacks win that clinched home field for a best-of-three Wild Card Series against the Chicago Cubs starting Tuesday at Petco Park. The Padres sat at 90-71 after Saturday, their third straight 90-win season and seventh 90-win year in club history.

Sunday's regular-season finales elsewhere can still shuffle later brackets, but San Diego's immediate October path is set: host the Cubs, with the winner lined up for Milwaukee in a Division Series. Managerial choices about rest versus rhythm for Yu Darvish-era depth and the bullpen become the hangover questions now that the berth and the No. 4 seed are booked.

Accounts agree on the Dodgers clinch and the Arizona win that locked the top wild-card seed and Cubs matchup. They differ mainly on how much weight to give rest versus rhythm for a short Wild Card Series.