(Note: Statistics prior to Friday’s games; previous ranking in parentheses)

1. Brewers (9): In becoming the first team to 70 wins, the Brewers set a franchise record by doing it in 114 games, beating their previous mark — done only four years earlier — by two games. Milwaukee also is the best road team (34-24) in the majors.

2. Phillies (3): Can Kyle Schwarber unseat reigning MVP Shohei Ohtani, who has won the award three times in the past four years? Schwarber was the first to 40 homers in the NL and entered Friday leading in RBIs (94), so he’s making a case as the engine for the first-place Phillies.

3. Dodgers (1): Mookie Betts, normally a perennial MVP candidate, is on pace for the worst offensive season of his 12-year career, hitting .236 with 11 homers and a .670 OPS — more tha

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