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The Dodgers have won the National League West for a fifth straight season, with the clinching blow a 4-2 win over the Giants on Friday night at Dodger Stadium, on Tommy Lasorda’s 90th birthday, no less.
Here are scenes from the celebration:
These @Dodgers are dominant. #Clinched pic.twitter.com/nEzJVYLG5T
— MLB (@MLB) September 23, 2017
#ThisTeam pic.twitter.com/O1hx4FwA1X
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 23, 2017
.@YasielPuig has all the moves. pic.twitter.com/Ai9jPXSLWJ
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 23, 2017
we're desperate for that ... #step1 let's get it right @Dodgers #postseason pic.twitter.com/BNqU6DVHFy
— Kenley Jansen (@kenleyjansen74) September 23, 2017
Clayton Kershaw tells @abc7ashley, "You're soft if you wear goggles. You gotta go no goggles. You gotta let it burn." pic.twitter.com/r6ZneAUf4V
— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) September 23, 2017
.@YasielPuig and @alannarizzo show us their dance moves. pic.twitter.com/w9ICUbbZ60
— SportsNet LA (@SportsNetLA) September 23, 2017
Rich Hill came up behind Farhan Zaidi while on tv and said they should let him pinch hit. Also, he swung a 38 oz bat tonight. pic.twitter.com/NhA090POf2
— Ryan Walton (@RyanWaltonSBN) September 23, 2017
Rookie Walker Buehler told Alanna Rizzo on SportsNet LA, “I was doing this in Low-A last year. I think we had hard apple cider there.”
Then he added this gem:
Excuse me, Walker Buehler, what pic.twitter.com/luO4u1a46n
— Sarah Wexler (@SarahWexler32) September 23, 2017
The winning pitcher and the birthday boy pic.twitter.com/Bm8FV2fXrh
— Dodger Insider (@DodgerInsider) September 23, 2017
Circle of Life. pic.twitter.com/TQ8Avqr8pH
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 23, 2017
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 23, 2017
There’s a lot going on here pic.twitter.com/qsgSUZaaQO
— Joshua Thornton (@JoshuaThornton_) September 23, 2017
The 2017 NL West champs pic.twitter.com/HVZQaa18T7
— Joshua Thornton (@JoshuaThornton_) September 23, 2017
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Up next
Hyun-jin Ryu starts for the Dodgers on Saturday night. Manager Dave Roberts said that Ryu will have a normal start, and that it was too early to announce the postseason starting rotation.
“He’ll make his start tomorrow, then we’ll reassess,” Roberts said.
Madison Bumgarner starts for the Giants, a 6:10 p.m. PT start. Justin Turner, who was home sick on Friday, is expected to play on Saturday.