It will be a Battle of the Champions of the West Division when the Seattle Mariners close the regular season with a series of three home games against the Los Angeles Dodgers from Friday evening.
That it ends up being more than that – an overview of the World Series, perhaps? – It remains to be seen.
The Dodgers (90-69) broke out champagne on Thursday after winning their fourth consecutive title in the National League and 12th in the past 13 years with an 8-0 victory in Arizona.
“There was no doubt in my mind that this team was not going to do it,” said Dodgers manager Dave Roberts.
Freddie Freeman dominated twice and Shohei Ohtani and Andy Pages also went deep for the Dodgers, who marked the eight of their races in the first four sleeves. Yoshinobu Yamamoto launched six goalless executives.
“This is what I’m going to miss,” said Dodgers launcher Clayton Kershaw, who announced that he would retire after this season. “Pitching, all that is great. I love it too. But doing that with a group of guys who all work towards a collective objective as long as we are what you miss. Camaraderie, the link, everyone who crosses something hard and exit on the other side. It’s really special. You don’t have that elsewhere.”
While the defending champion of the World Series, the Dodgers are locked as a seeded N ° 3 of the NL and will face the third team of Joker in a first round series in the first of the three, the Mariners (90-69) won the head of the AL 2 and a goodbye in the first round. They always have an outdoor shot in the best place in the league playoff series because they are a match behind Toronto and the New York Yankees – although they do not have equality with any of these clubs after losing the series of the season against the two.
“It feels good. We hoped to get it,” said Mariners manager Dan Wilson about Bye. “Now, we are able to make guys rest who, in our view, need rest. We can somehow return physically where we must be, then we prepare over the week so that we are ready to leave.”
Eugenio Suarez has achieved three strokes, including his 49th circuit of the season, while the Mariners beat Colorado 6-2 Thursday for their seventh consecutive and 17th victory in the last 18 games. They also equalized a franchise record, established in 2001, with 11 consecutive victories at home.
The Dodgers will call on the right-hander Emmet Sheehan (6-3, 2.86 ERA). The navies did not appoint a starter on Friday morning.
Sheehan launched seven-sleeves unmoved on Sunday, but did not have a decision in a 3-1 defeat to visit San Francisco. He did not work a striker and equaled his career summit with 10 stick withdrawals. Sheehan made a previous appearance against the navy, launching three purposes of unmistakable relief in 2023.
– field level media
