Baseball: LA Dodgers Clinch The NL West

For the second straight season, the Los Angeles Dodgers have won the NL west title.

Clayton Kershaw raised his record to (21-3) in the clinching victory at home vs the San Francisco Giants.

Kershaw will next pitch at home in game one of a division series, on a Friday night, likely vs the St. Louis Cardinals.

Last year on a Friday night in St. Louis (game six NLCS), Kershaw was “asked to leave early” as the Cards routed him to clinch the pennant.

Meanwhile the Giants almost certainly will face the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday October 1st, likely in Pittsburgh, with the winner facing the top ranked Washington Nationals in the other National League division series.

Clayton Kershaw