Padres longed for a full ballpark in 2020 postseason; they will get it Friday in first home playoff game in front of fans in San Diego since 2006
in 2020 made the postseason for the first time in 14 years. They won more games than all but two other teams during the regular season. They were riding Slam Diego.“The highs weren’t as high because you didn’t have the crowd noise,” relief pitcher Pierce Johnson said. “When you have the crowd behind you, it’s like, gosh. … That’s something that was sorely missed. We enjoyed it as a team, but now that we get to enjoy it with fans, I think that means everything.
“I can’t wait,” catcher Austin Nola said. “I’m already thinking about the atmosphere and what it’s going to feel like. It’s probably going to be shaking.” Friday’s game will be the first postseason game in front of fans in San Diego since the 2006 NLDS against the Cardinals. Should sellout crowds the next two nights witness a Padres victory , they will be the first paying customers to see the team win a playoff game at Petco Park. The Padres won two games in their best-of-three wild-card series in ’20 but lost both home games in the ’06 NLDS and their only home game in the ’05 NLDS. This weekend’s games will also be the first postseason contests at Petco not played between the Padres and Cardinals.
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