The San Diego Padres are still in a tight wild-card race, Jake Cronenworth won an award and Joe Musgrove still isn't making progress.

“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.

With eight games to go, only one of those three teams will get to host a wild-card series. The other two will go on the road, one against the victorious wild-card team and the other against the division-winner with the third-best record (currently the Braves).

MLB experts predict who will grab the final National League wild-card spot between the San Diego Padres and Arizona Diamondbacks.

Jake Cronenworth and the San Diego Padres beat the Miami Marlins 7-3 on Sunday to extend their winning streak to five games, along with winning 13 of their last 14 games.

The National League Wild Card race enters Saturday with a half-game gap between its final two serious contenders. The San Diego Padres stand at 79-68 and occupy the third Wild Card position. The Arizona Diamondbacks sit only half a game behind at 79-69. Despite that narrow margin, the Padres hold the far stronger path to October.

The San Diego Padres face the Los Angeles Dodgers in a crucial game, as the Padres continue to vie for a wild card spot with the season coming to an end.