Will Smith ties it with a two-run home run, Shohei Ohtani drives in the go-ahead run and the Dodgers use a five-run seventh inning to pull away for a 7-2 victory. Freddie Freeman rolls his right

Will Smith hit a tying, two-run homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers scored three more runs in the seventh to beat the San Diego Padres 7-2 and clinch the NL West title.

Shohei Ohtani hit a go-ahead single in a five-run seventh inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers clinched their 11th National League West title in 12 seasons with a 7-2 victory over the visiting San Diego Padres on Thursday.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have won the NL West for the 11th time in 12 years after Thursday's 7-2 win over the San Diego Padres. The work still isn't done

Brenton Doyle and the Colorado Rockies (61-98) take on Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers (94-64), with first pitch scheduled for 8:10 p.m. ET at Coors Field. The Rockies' upcoming three-game series against the Dodgers concludes on Sunday.

The Los Angeles Dodgers and Colorado Rockies square off in a series that doesn’t mean much for the standings or the playoff picture. The Dodgers are firmly in first in the National League West but do have the motivation to try to clinch the first seed in the entire league.