CHICAGO — In the moments after the final game of their National League Wild Card Series, members of the San Diego Padres engaged in a brief shouting match with members of the umpiring crew that, the players felt, had hastened the end of their season.
During the top of the ninth, the Padres erupted in anger when home-plate umpire D.J. Reyburn rung up Xander Bogaerts on a low strike-three call.
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