The Padres hold sole possession of first place after their Saturday win and lead the NL West by one game entering the season finale. The Dodgers have already clinched the NL West tiebreaker by winning the season series and swept the Padres last weekend. The Dodgers clubhouse has adopted a mantra of viewing every opponent equally, even through six head-to-head meetings in 10 days. Manager Dave Roberts emphasized that every game is important, cited the upcoming Reds series, and stressed playing clean baseball. Yu Darvish threw a strong game Friday despite not getting the win. Both teams have two of the easiest remaining schedules over the final five weeks.
The Padres are in sole possession of first place following their win on Saturday night. The Dodgers enter the finale at Petco Park having already clinched the NL West tiebreaker by virtue of winning the season series en route to sweeping the Padres last weekend. Plenty has been made of the six head-to-head meetings over a span of 10 days, but inside the Dodgers clubhouse has come the steadfast mantra of viewing every opponent equally.
I think it just comes down to playing good baseball. I didn't fret too much from [Friday] night. (Yu) Darvish threw a heck of a ballgame, we had some balls hit hard, didn't get a win, but for me, it was a clean baseball game. If we just continue to do that, we'll win a lot more than we lose.
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