The golden era of Padres baseball minted another moment on Monday night, as the team clinched its fourth postseason berth since 2020.

That this season would culminate in a playoff run had become inevitable, but a sluggish September had delayed the champagne.

It was in the 11th inning that Freddy Fermin’s walk-off single lifted the Padres to a 5-4 victory over the Brewers.

Jose Iglesias began the bottom of the inning by getting down a sacrifice bunt he could not execute in the ninth inning, moving automatic runner Bryce Johnson to third before Fermin lined the first pitch he saw from Grant Anderson into center field.

That brought Johnson home and the Padres streaming en masse from the dugout, where they chased Fermin all the way into left field before sharing hugs and donning their comm

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