CHICAGO — The Padres’ October is over.

A 3-1 loss to the Cubs in Game 3 of the National League Wild Card Series provided a painful but also painfully familiar ending.

The Padres were in a hole from the start, and an offense that went through plenty of cold spells during the regular season could not make anything of its fleeting chances until practically the very end of an unseasonably warm autumn Thursday at Wrigley Field.

Jackson Merrill led off the ninth inning with a home run, and two straight hit batters and a Jake Cronenworth gave the Padres a chance with the tying run on second base and two out.

Freddy Fermin flew out to center field, ending the game — and the season.

Yu Darvish departed a game earlier than he ever had in 13 years’ worth of major league starts, leaving the bases

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