After a deflating start to their season and a division deficit that reached as high as nine games, the Dodgers last week drubbed the Pirates in a three-game sweep and found themselves in first place in the National League West for the first time in 2018. For a day, at least.
A loss by Arizona on Thursday brought the Dodgers into a virtual tie for first but with a higher winning percentage than the Diamondbacks. The Dodgers ended the week one game back, thanks to dropping two of three in Anaheim, including a perplexing ninth-inning giveaway in the ninth inning on Friday night.