The Dodgers saw their eight-year reign as champions of the NL West come to an end Sunday during their win over the Brewers in the regular-season finale.
The San Francisco Giants defeated the San Diego Padres on Sunday to capture the NL West title. The Dodgers will play the Cardinals in a wild-card game.Roberts replaced Buehler with pinch-hitter Matt Beaty in the bottom of the inning with the Dodgers trailing 1-0. Beaty reached on an infield single to load the bases, setting up an outburst that roused the Dodger Stadium crowd even if it was irrelevant in the standings.
Next, Trea Turner completed his National League MVP resume with his second grand slam in three days — and the Dodgers’ franchise-record 11th this season. The second baseman went one for three to finish the season with a .328 batting average, becoming the franchise’s first batting champion since Tommy Davis in 1963.
Instead, the 2021 Dodgers may end up as the greatest second-place team in regular-season history. Their 106 wins — tied for the franchise record they established in 2019 — are the most for a club that didn’t finish in first place. The previous record was 104 set by the 1909 Chicago Cubs and 1942 Brooklyn Dodgers. Divisions were decades away.The St. Louis Cardinals rode a 17-game winning streak to claim the second wild-card spot and will face the Dodgers on Wednesday.
The first baseman exited Sunday’s win in the third inning in a scary scene. Brewers second Jace Peterson hit a dribbler in front of the plate that catcher Will Smith fielded cleanly. His throw, however, veered inside first base, forcing Muncy to stick his left arm out as Peterson sprinted down the line. He couldn’t pull his arm back before Peterson ran through it, bending it backwards and dropping Muncy to the ground in pain.
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