CHICAGO (AP) — Yu Darvish made an early exit against his former team, and San Diego’s big bats were a bust. It all added up to the Padres getting knocked out of the playoffs yet again, this time courtesy of the Chicago Cubs.

“It just sucks to be doing this, unfortunately,” slugger Manny Machado said. “This team, we left it out there all year. It was a hell of a journey. I wouldn’t change anything in the world for it, (except) obviously a championship.”

San Diego won 90 games and made the playoffs for the fourth time in six seasons, only to bow out to the Cubs in the deciding Game 3 of their Wild Card Series with a 3-1 loss at raucous Wrigley Field on Thursday. The Padres have not made it past the National League Championship Series during this recent run. Last season, they swept their Wi

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