LOS ANGELES – It was Game 7 of the 2017 World Series revisited at Dodger Stadium on Sunday and this time, the home team embraced the result.

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.

Freddie Freeman and Andy Pages hit first-inning home runs off Padres right-hander Yu Darvish, before Mookie Betts saved the day with a go-ahead home run in the eighth off right-hander Robert Suarez as the Dodgers earned a 5-4 victory.

A bullpen looking for a hero found one when left-hander Alex Vesia (3-2) recorded the final four outs for the win, striking out Manny Machado swinging to end the game.

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