The Dodgers won their 100th game of the season on the last day of the season against the Giants in San Francisco.
Kike Hernandez hit a three-run home run and the Dodgers won 5-2 to officially capture the National League West title.
The Dodgers will be the second-seeded team in the playoffs. They have a bye in the first round and will await the winner of the playoff series between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Milwaukee Brewers. The first game of the National League Division Series will be at Dodger Stadium on Saturday.
The Dodgers won 100 games for the third season in a row. They won 100 games in 2019, giving the Dodgers four 100-win full seasons in a row. There were only 60 regular season games played in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic and the Dodgers went 43-17. It was also the year the Dodgers won the World Series.
The Diamondbacks are the No. 6 seed in the playoffs, the last team to qualify for the playoffs. The Brewers are the No. 3 seed.
The Atlanta Braves are the No. 1 seed in the National League playoffs. They await the winner of the playoff series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Miami Marlins. The Phillies, the No. 4 seed in the playoffs, won the NL pennant last season.
The Marlins are the No. 5 seed.
Freddie Freeman fell one double short of becoming the first player since 1936 to hit 60 doubles in a season. He finished with 59 doubles and set a Dodgers record for doubles in a season. Joe Medwick hit 64 doubles and Charlie Gehringer hit 60 doubles in 1936, the last time any player hit 60 or more doubles in a season.
Clayton Kershaw took the loss on Saturday, 2-1, against the Giants. It was the first time Kershaw has lost a game since May.
He was 7-0 with a 1.96 ERA in 13 starts since May 21 before losing on Saturday. He gave up two runs on five hits in 5 ⅓ innings.
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts hinted after the game Saturday that Kershaw will be the Game 1 starter in the NLDS.
“Whenever it is, I’m just excited to get to do it," Kershaw told the Associated Press after Saturday’s game. “It’ll be fun. With the way this year kind of went, I didn’t really expect to be in this spot for a lot of reasons. But it’s here and if that happens, I’ll be ready.”
Rookie Bobby Miller won the game on Sunday. He is 11-4 with a 3.89 ERA and will most likely be the starter for Game 2 of the NLDS.
Dodgers starting pitcher power rankings:
- Bobby Miller
- Clayton Kershaw
- Lance Lynn
- Emmet Sheehan
- Caleb Ferguson
The Dodgers (100-62) will have some time for two players to recover from injuries. Chris Taylor was hit by a pitch in Sunday’s game and left with a bruise on his leg. Migual Rojas was hit in the hand by a pitch in Friday’s game and missed the next two games.
