Sunday proved pivotal in the National League West race, as the Los Angeles Dodgers and Colorado Rockies each cruised to respective blowout victories over the San Francisco Giants and Washington Nationals.
Both outcomes paved the way for Monday’s Game 163 tiebreaker at Dodger Stadium. The Giants and Nationals, long eliminated from postseason contention, nevertheless posed as difficult challenges for the Dodgers and Rockies.
San Francisco sent Madison Bumgarner to the mound on Friday after he voluntarily offered to push his start back to face Los Angeles.
Likewise, Nationals ace Max Scherzer publicly expressed his desire to start on Sunday if it meant throwing a wrench in the Rockies’ plans of winning their first division title in franchise history.