LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers played to the extremes in the last week, but ordered their 3-3 week in the best way possible. First came the losses, embarrassingly so in a hellish sweep at the hands of the Angels in Anaheim. But then came redemption, sweeping their division rival Padres to reclaim the top spot in the National League West.

Sweeping San Diego gave the Dodgers an 8-2 record against their closest foe, which clinched the season series to earn a tiebreaker if needed six weeks from now.

There’s still a lot of baseball left to play, but the weekend felt like a big series, finally seeing some results after roughly a month and a half of iffy baseball.

“It might have reinforced something to others outside our locker room,” manager Dave Roberts said. “But I think it’s something like, we’

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