The Padres streak into October playing their best ball. They’re even ready for the mighty Brewers

SAN DIEGO (AP) — After a slow and stuttering start to the season, the San Diego Padres tore through September with passion and poise. Every impressive thing they’ve done during their current 20-3 surge suggested they were determined to reach October as the most dangerous team in baseball.

October is finally here — and so is the best version of the Padres, as they demonstrated in their two-game destruction of the Chicago Cubs in the NL Wild Card Series.

The Padres are hitting, pitching and executing at a level rarely seen in a city that has never celebrated a World Series title, and this streaking group is eager to keep chasing San Diego’s impossible dream.