Sunday’s victory hardly made up for the fateful loss of a championship to the Houston Astros eight years ago, but it did finish off a sweep of the San Diego Padres as the Dodgers regained their grip on first place in the National League West.

The Padres must bounce back as they'll host the San Francisco Giants at home. San Diego are coming off sweeping the Giants this week, so they'll need to replicate what went right in that series to stay within striking distance of the Dodgers, who will face the last-place Colorado Rockies.

Then Betts rescued the Dodgers with the 394-foot shot to left-center off Robert Suarez. It was the shortstop’s 13th homer of the season and just his fifth since June. Betts had 25 in 2022 and 39 in 2023.