Padres Playoff Tickets & Postseason Home Games

The San Diego Padres have officially clinched a spot in the MLB postseason for the 2025 season. They secured this berth with a 5–4 walk-off victory over the Milwaukee Brewers in 11 innings on September 22, 2025. This marks their second consecutive playoff appearance and their fourth in the last six seasons.

The Padres are currently the No. 5 seed in the National League. If the standings remain unchanged, the Padres would face the No. 4 seed Chicago Cubs in a best-of-three Wild Card Series on September 30. The winner of this series would advance to the Division Series to play against the Milwaukee Brewers, who have already clinched the NL Central division.

Home-Field Advantage: The Padres could potentially host the Wild Card Series if they were to catch the Cubs and finish as the top Wild Card team. However, as it stands, they would be on the road for the Wild Card round.

The Padres have made the playoffs in 6 of their 21 seasons at Petco Park (29%).

NLDS

In 2025, the National League Division Series begins on Saturday, October 4, with a 2-2-1 format.
Here is the 2025 NLDS schedule.
Game 1: Saturday, October 4, 2025
Game 2: Monday, October 6, 2025
Game 3: Wednesday, October 8, 2025
If necessary:
Game 4: Thursday, October 9, 2025
Game 5: Saturday, October 11, 2025

NLCS

2025 NLCS schedule
Game 1: Monday, October 13, 2025 – at Team A
Game 2: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 – at Team A
Game 3: Thursday, October 16, 2025 – at Team B
Game 4: Friday, October 17, 2025 – at Team B
If necessary:
Game 5: Saturday, October 18, 2025 – at Team B
Game 6: Monday, October 20, 2025 – at Team A
Game 7: Tuesday, October 21, 2025 – at Team A

World Series

The World Series is scheduled to begin on Friday, October 24, 2025.

Postseason at Petco Park

This page serves as a complete history of Petco Park postseason appearances and an information resource on viewing Padres playoff games when the team is in contention.

Padres Playoff Record At Petco Park

In home games in the postseason at Petco Park, the Padres record is 8-6.

2005 Playoffs

On October 8, 2005, the Padres lost the first ever playoff game at Petco Park. (7-4 vs St. Louis Cardinals). It was the 3rd and final game in a season-ending three-game sweep, in front of 45,093 fans. Despite the outcome, the game featured home runs by Dave Roberts and Ramon Hernandez, and a scoreless 9th inning by the great Trevor Hoffman. The Cardinals got spanked by the Astros in the NLCS.

2006 Playoffs

The very next year, the Padres and birds would meet again in the NLDS. This time 2 more games were played at Petco. The Padres did pick up a win on the road but remain winless at Petco Park in the postseason, dropping the series 3 games to 1.

• October 3, 2006 at Petco Park. 5-1 loss. Starter: Jake Peavy
• October 5, 2006 at Petco Park. 2-0 loss. Starter: local hero David Wells, remember him?

2010 Playoffs

Padres fans had hopes and a half-game lead over the Giants as late as September 26. But dropped 4 of their last 5 and let their playoff chances slip away. This also kicked off a decade of consecutive losing seasons until 2020.

2020 Playoffs

In 2020 the Padres won their Wild Card series against the St. Louis Cardinals, 2 games to 1. But no fans were permitted to attend. September 30, 2020: SD 4 STL 7 October 1, 2020: SD 11 STL 9 October 2, 2020: SD 4 STL 0

To isolate players and reduce travel during the COVID-19 pandemic, the remaining MLB playoffs were held at neutral site venues. The Padres went on to lose to the Dodgers in a 3 games, all three played in Texas. San Diego was the host city for an American League series. The San Diego Padres did not play in these games.

2022 Playoffs

After dousing the New York Mets in the wild card series, taking two games out of three, all on the road, the Padres faced down their rival Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLDS. The Dodgers were a heavy favorite after a historic 111-win season. The Padres made quick work of them, winning the series 3-1. It was the most lopsided upset since 1906 World Series. San Diego won both games at Petco Park: October 14, 2022: SD 2, LA 1 October 15, 2022: SD 5, LA 3

Unfortunately the season came to an end after the NLCS, where the Phillies won the series after splitting with the Padres in San Diego:
October 18, 2022: SD 0, Phil 2
October 19, 2022: SD 8, Phil 5

Note: Petco Park also hosted the 2006 & 2009 World Baseball Classic and the 2006 All Star Game. The World Series has never been held at Petco Park.

2024 Playoffs

In 2024, the Padres swept the Atlanta Braves in a two game Wild Card series. (October 1 & 2). Then in a tight five-game battle in the NLDS, the Dodgers won and advanced to eventually take the NL pennant and win the World Series.

When do San Diego Padres Playoff Tickets Go On Sale?

When and how to get tickets? Let’s just take it one pitch at a time. Your team cannot sell playoff tickets until they’ve secured a spot.