It will be a battle of West Division champions when the Seattle Mariners close the regular season with a three-game series at home against the Los Angeles Dodgers beginning Friday night.

Whether it ends up being more than that -- a World Series preview, perhaps? -- remains to be seen.

The Dodgers (90-69) popped the champagne Thursday after clinching their fourth straight National League West title and 12th in the past 13 years with an 8-0 victory at Arizona.

"There was no doubt in my mind that this team wasn't going to get it done," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said.

Freddie Freeman homered twice and Shohei Ohtani and Andy Pages also went deep for the Dodgers, who scored all eight of their runs in the opening four innings. Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched six scoreless frames.

"This is what

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