{"id":467117,"date":"2026-09-17T20:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T20:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/467117\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T20:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T20:02:11","slug":"dodgers-clinch-fifth-straight-nl-west-crown-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/467117\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers clinch fifth straight NL West crown \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/tag\/los-angeles-dodgers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> clinched their fifth straight NL West title Thursday with a 8-2 win over the Reds. <\/p>\n<p>The division crown is LA&#8217;s 13th in 14 seasons. It comes with nine games left in an injury-plagued season for LA.<\/p>\n<p>Kyle Tucker had four hits and three RBIs, finishing a triple short of the Dodgers&#8217; first cycle since 2017. Freddie Freeman, Max Muncy, Josue De Paula and Miguel Rojas also knocked drove in runs.<\/p>\n<p>Justin Wrobleski started the bullpen game, throwing three perfect innings. Blake Treinen gave up a solo shot in the fourth, Landon Knack hurled four scoreless innings and Seth Halvorsen allowed a run in the ninth.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You guys always step up. It doesn&#8217;t matter how you guys feel,&#8221; manager Dave Roberts told the team. &#8220;This organization has an opportunity to do something really special. The next nine games&#8230; let&#8217;s eliminate distractions, focus on baseball. We all have to make sacrifices, whatever it takes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The bullpen game was necessary with only four starters on the active roster on a team that has been at least than full strength. Shohei Ohtani and Andy Pages remain on the 15-day IL.<\/p>\n<p>After the game, LA held a four-game lead over the Braves for the second seed in the National League. Securing the No. 2 seed would give the Dodgers a pass to the NL Division Series, bypassing the first round and providing five days off to rest and heal.  <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tSports<\/p>\n<p class=\"recirc__subheading\">Get today&#8217;s sports news out of Los Angeles. Here&#8217;s the latest on the Dodgers, Lakers, Angels, Kings, Galaxy, LAFC, USC, UCLA and more LA teams.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a data-lpos=\"inline-recirc-module\" data-lid=\"What we know about the WNBA playoffs so far: Teams, bracket, start date and more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/wnba\/playoffs-2026-bracket-teams-schedule-format\/3942730\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"post__image\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/breanna-stewart-paige-bueckers-gabby-williams-getty.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a data-lpos=\"inline-recirc-module\" data-lid=\"What we know about the WNBA playoffs so far: Teams, bracket, start date and more\" class=\"post__title--link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/wnba\/playoffs-2026-bracket-teams-schedule-format\/3942730\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat we know about the WNBA playoffs so far: Teams, bracket, start date and more\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a data-lpos=\"inline-recirc-module\" data-lid=\"NFL Week 2 uniforms: Here are the helmets, jerseys and pants for every team\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/sports\/nfl\/nfl-week-2-uniforms-helmets-jerseys-pants-every-team\/3942950\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"post__image\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/260916-jets-ravens-rams.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a data-lpos=\"inline-recirc-module\" data-lid=\"NFL Week 2 uniforms: Here are the helmets, jerseys and pants for every team\" class=\"post__title--link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/sports\/nfl\/nfl-week-2-uniforms-helmets-jerseys-pants-every-team\/3942950\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNFL Week 2 uniforms: Here are the helmets, jerseys and pants for every team\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers 2024 and 2025 World Series titles made them the first team in a quarter-center to win back-to-back championships. LA is aiming for a third straight World Series title, which would be the first three-peat since the Yankees (1998-2000).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Dodgers clinched their fifth straight NL West title Thursday with a 8-2 win over the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":467118,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[426,48,52,51,47,53,50,49],"class_list":["post-467117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-dodgers","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=467117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}