Tonight is the start of the Dodgers playoff push as the club is rounding third and heading home for the final stretch of the regular season. Counting tonight’s game there are exactly 34 games left for the Dodgers to make up four and a half games on the Diamondbacks and three and a half games on the Rockies.
The Dodgers currently have a 67-61 record which has them on the outside looking in for both the NL West race and the wild card hunt. The wild card is going to be harder to get since the Dodgers have four teams they would need to jump in the Cardinals, Rockies, Brewers, and Phillies.