Overview

• Los Angeles beat San Francisco 6-3 after a four-run fifth inning keyed by consecutive homers from Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts.
• Ohtani’s opposite-field three-run shot was his 52nd of the season, and Betts followed with a solo homer off Robbie Ray.
• Clayton Kershaw exited after 4 1/3 innings with two runs allowed, six strikeouts and four walks, receiving a prolonged standing ovation in his final regular-season home start.
• The victory secured the defending champions’ 13th consecutive postseason berth.
• San Francisco scored on a Heliot Ramos leadoff homer plus RBI hits from Wilmer Flores and Matt Chapman, but a Mets win earlier kept the Giants four back with eight games remaining and New York owning the tiebreaker.