The Dodgers won in San Francisco and the Padres won in Arizona, so those became two clinching celebrations on the road. Now the only question is whether they advance as division champs or as a Wild Card. If one team wins on Sunday and the other loses, then the winner takes the NL West. If both teams win, or both teams lose, however, the Padres would win the West by virtue of a 13-5 head-to-head record. I didn’t write that, mlb.com did.
I have tickets to LA in the National League Division Series in hopes that the Dodgers take the wild card and face the Mets. If LA wins the National League West instead of the wild card, then I’m screwed & will have to make last minute attempts to get tickets to see them in San Diego. Based on the rules above, the odds are in my favor that NY will come to LA and not San Diego but it all comes down to one day of games. Let’s go padres!!
Update: It came down to the last minute, but Padres & LA both won, so it’s a Dodger Met matchup out west. Next step - Padres defeat St.Louis, and Mets take LA for a NLCS on the west coast.