Nathan Grigg

The Dodgers are guaranteed a playoff spot after tonight’s win, but the math isn’t straightforward. They need to be ahead of either the Diamondbacks or the Padres at the end of the year. The only way the Diamondbacks can catch the Dodgers is to win their last 12 while the Dodgers lose their last 12. In that scenario, the best the Padres can do is win 10 of their last 13, since they play three against the Diamondbacks. That would put the three in a 3-way tie, and the tiebreakers would go Diamondbacks first, Dodgers second, and Padres third.