PHOENIX—Clayton Kershaw pitched seven dominant innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers won the NL West for the ninth time in 10 seasons, blanking the Arizona Diamondbacks 4–0 on the night of Sept. 13.
Freddie Freeman, Max Muncy and Joey Gallo homered as the Dodgers boosted the best record in the majors to 98–43.
They lead second-place San Diego by a whopping 20 1/2 games.
Manager Dave Roberts’ team will have plenty of time to get set for its 10th straight year in the postseason.
The Dodgers’ first playoff game is almost a month away, on Oct. 11.
The only season the Dodgers didn’t clinch the division in their recent run was last year—they won 106 times but still finished one game behind San Francisco….