LOS ANGELES — Manny Machado and the San Diego Padres wrote their own Hollywood ending on the home field of their biggest rivals Tuesday night.

San Diego stunned the Los Angeles Dodgers with a game-ending triple play to preserve a 4-2 victory over the NL West leaders that clinched a playoff spot for the Padres.

“We won it! We won it!” yelled Fernando Tatis Jr.

The party was on in the Padres’ darkened clubhouse, with music pumping and lights flashing as players drenched each other in alcohol.

“Couldn’t have scripted it any better, man,” Manager Mike Shildt said over the din. “What a play by Manny, a phenomenal play.”

With the Padres leading by three runs in the ninth inning, Kiké Hernández hit an RBI single that cut it to 4-2 and put runners at first and second.
Miguel Rojas hit a sharp grounder to Machado at third base, and he stepped on the bag before going around the horn for the triple play. The Dodgers challenged the out call at second base, but the ruling was upheld after a video review.

“I’ve been dying to do it for a couple years now,” said a bare-chested Machado, wearing sunglasses as a fragrant mix of beer and champagne dripped from every pore. “He showed bunt the first play. Thinking he was going to bunt — he hit a groundball right at me.”

The only other teams to turn a triple play on the same day they clinched a postseason berth were the 2020 Milwaukee Brewers and the Chicago Cubs in 1910 and 1907, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

San Diego’s was the first of those to end the game. It was the Padres’ first triple play since June 10, 2010, against the New York Mets.

After missing the postseason last year, the Padres earned the eighth playoff berth in franchise history. They are guaranteed at least a National League wild card with five games remaining in the regular season.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

MARINERS 8, ASTROS 1: Mitch Garver and Julio Rodríguez homered, and visiting Seattle took advantage of five Houston errors for a win.

Seattle (82-77) won for the fifth time in seven games as it tries to rally into an AL wild card. It is chasing Detroit and Kansas City for one of the last two spots.

PIRATES 2, BREWERS 1: Liover Pegeuro slashed a two-run double, Luis Ortiz pitched seven strong innings and Pittsburgh beat visiting Milwaukee,

Ortiz (7-6) allowed one run on four hits with a walk and five strikeouts in seven innings. His only mistake was a second-inning pitch to Jake Bauers that Milwaukee’s designated hitter sent to the seats in right-center for his 12th homer of the season.

GUARDIANS 5, REDS 2: José Ramírez hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning after Cleveland pitchers retired the first 18 batters, lifting the AL Central champion Guardians to a win at home.

Ramírez hit his 38th homer of the season, connecting against Emilio Pagán (4-5) with two outs to score Steven Kwan and Angel Martínez. The All-Star third baseman also doubled, tripled and scored twice. He has 115 RBI.

PHILLIES 9, CUBS 6: Nick Castellanos, Trea Turner and Kody Clemens homered, and host Philadelphia beat Chicago  to clinch a first-round bye in the playoffs.

Castellanos had three hits and scored three times. Bryson Stott also had three hits and Brandon Marsh drove in three runs for the Phillies, who claimed their first NL East title in 13 years on Monday night.

ROYALS 3, NATIONALS 0: Five relievers pitched 6 2/3 innings of two-hit ball after starter Michael Lorenzen’s early exit, Robbie Grossman hit a two-run double, and Kansas City won at Washington.

TIGERS 7, RAYS 1: Parker Meadows and Spencer Torkelson homered, and Detroit strengthened its bid for an AL wild card with a win over visiting Tampa Bay.

Detroit moved 10 games over .500 with its fourth consecutive victory. It is tied with Kansas City (84-74) for second in the wild-card standings behind Baltimore.

NOTES

GUARDIANS: All-Star left fielder Steven Kwan was activated from the 10-day injured list, a nice boost for the AL Central champions with only four games left in the regular season.

Kwan had been sidelined with a back issue that may have contributed to his prolonged hitting slump in the second half. The Gold Glove winner had been sidelined since Sept. 14.

Kwan led the majors with a .352 average at the All-Star break. But the 27-year-old was hitting just .201 in his last 50 games before being placed on the IL. Kwan was sidelined earlier in the season with hamstring issues.

YANKEES: Left-hander Nestor Cortes has a flexor strain in his pitching elbow and was placed on the 15-day injured list in a blow to New York’s rotation heading into the playoffs.

Cortes and the Yankees are still holding out some hope he could return at some point in the postseason, but it didn’t sound likely.

“I don’t know if optimistic. I mean, we’re not ruling it out yet,” Manager Aaron Boone said.

Cortes was scratched from his scheduled start Wednesday night against Baltimore and replaced by Marcus Stroman.

Cortes (9-10, 3.77 ERA) had an MRI on Monday and was put on the IL retroactive to Sunday. He won’t throw for at least seven to 10 days.

He had been a candidate to be New York’s third starter in the postseason behind Gerrit Cole (7-5, 3.67) and Carlos Rodón (16-9, 3.98).

Cortes was 4-0 with a 1.58 ERA in his last seven outings (six starts), striking out 38 and walking 10 in 40 innings.

METS-BRAVES: The last two games of the pivotal series between the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves have been postponed due to the forecast for inclement weather.

New York, Atlanta and Arizona are battling for the last two NL wild cards. Going into Wednesday’s action, the Mets (87-70) were in the second spot, a half-game ahead of the Diamondbacks and a full game better than the Braves (86-71).

The last two games of the three-game set, originally scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, will be made up as a doubleheader Monday in Atlanta. The first game will start at 1:10 p.m., with the second starting 40 minutes after the last out of the first.

ORIOLES: Grayson Rodriguez won’t pitch again this year, another setback for the injury-ravaged Orioles as they prepare for the playoffs.

Rodriguez, the team’s No. 2 starter, has been on the injured list since early August because of right lat discomfort. Even last week, the Orioles were still hoping to get him back before October. But Manager Brandon Hyde said the right-hander is being shut down and will miss the postseason.