Season standings National League West National League Wild Card Record vs. opponents Game log Opening day Season summary April The Dodgers began their 2021 season with a four-game series against the
Colorado Rockies at
Coors Field.
Clayton Kershaw made his team-best ninth
Opening day start on April 1.
Chris Owings had three hits in three at-bats, including a triple as the Rockies won the opener, 8–5. The Dodgers got back in the game by winning the following day, 11–6. New Dodger pitcher
Trevor Bauer kept the Rockies hitless through six innings before running into problems in the seventh and turning it over to the bullpen. The next game the Dodgers won, 6–5, with the key play an inside the park homer by
Zach McKinstry.
Julio Urías allowed one run on three hits in a career best seven innings to round out the series with a 4–2 win. The Dodgers traveled west for a three-game interleague series against the
Oakland Athletics at
RingCentral Coliseum.
Dustin May pitched six scoreless innings while
Corey Seager and McKinstry each had three RBIs as the Dodgers won 10–3 in the series opener. In the second game, Kershaw pitched seven quality innings, allowing one run and striking out eight batters while
Edwin Ríos,
Max Muncy, and
Mookie Betts each hit a home run in the Dodgers 5–1 win. Bauer allowed only two runs on two hits while striking out 10 in 6 innings in the next game, but the Athletics tied the game in the ninth off
Kenley Jansen and then won in 10 innings on a walk-off RBI single by
Mitch Moreland, 4–3. The Dodgers faced the
Washington Nationals in the home opener at
Dodger Stadium on April 9.
Walker Buehler struck out four in six scoreless innings and
Justin Turner hit a solo home run that accounted for all the scoring in the Dodgers 1–0 win. The Dodgers scored five runs in the second inning to pull ahead in the next game and held on to win 9–5. In the series finale, Kershaw pitched six scoreless innings while McKinstry drove in all three turns in the Dodgers 3–0 victory to sweep the Nationals in the weekend three-game series. The Dodgers next hosted the Rockies for a three-game home series. In the series opener, Bauer pitched seven scoreless innings with nine strikeouts and only one hit allowed while Seager, Betts, Muncy and
Chris Taylor each hit a home run in the 7–0 win. In the second game of the series, Turner homered and drove in two runs while McKinstry also hit a home run as the Dodgers won 4–2 to become the first team in the Majors to win 10 games. In the series finale, Turner and Muncy each hit three run home runs to sweep the Rockies 7–5. On April 16, the Dodgers traveled to play the
San Diego Padres for a three-game series at
Petco Park. In the series opener, both teams battled to extra innings until the Dodgers scored five runs (including a two-run homer by Seager) to break the tie in the 12th inning to edge the Padres 11–6.
Luke Raley hit his first career home run in the fifth inning. Kershaw, engaged in a pitchers' duel with
Yu Darvish in the following game, pitched six scoreless innings with eight strikeouts and drew a bases-loaded walk in the fifth inning. That was the only run scored off Darvish, who allowed only one hit while striking out nine in seven innings. Turner added a solo home run in the ninth and the Dodgers shut out the Padres 2–0. In the finale of the series, Bauer allowed only one run over six innings while striking out seven, becoming just the third Dodgers pitcher to record seven or more strikeouts in his first four games with the club. A two-run homer by Chris Taylor put the Dodgers up in the second inning but the bullpen faltered and gave up three runs in the eighth to hand the Padres a 5–2 win and end the Dodgers eight game winning streak. The Dodgers next played the
Seattle Mariners in a two-game
interleague series at
T-Mobile Park, dropping the opener 4–3 from runs driven in by
José Marmolejos and
Taylor Trammell. Urías struck out a career high 11 while allowing only one hit in seven innings as the Dodgers shut out the Mariners, 1–0, thanks to an RBI single by Seager to split the series. The two teams combined for three hits in game two, tying the record for the fewest in an interleague game set by the
Red Sox and
Expos in 1997. The Dodgers returned home on April 22 for a four-game series with the Padres. Buehler allowed two runs in seven innings with nine strikeouts but
Ryan Weathers held the Dodgers scoreless in his 5 innings while allowing only one hit. The Dodgers tied the game in the bottom of the seventh with back-to-back homers by
A. J. Pollock and
Sheldon Neuse but the Padres got a late run to take the opener, 3–2. In the next game, Kershaw allowed three runs while striking out seven in seven innings, including two home runs by
Fernando Tatís Jr. The Dodgers offense struggled again, as they only recorded four hits, and the 23 they had over the last six games was their lowest total over a six game span since the
1909 season as the Padres won the game 6–1. Tatís Jr. hit two more home runs in the next game, this time off Bauer, but the Dodgers rallied for three runs in the sixth inning and won the game 5–4. In the last game of the series, Dustin May allowed only one run while striking out 10 in six innings and the Dodgers jumped out to a 7–1 lead only to see the bullpen self destruct and the Padres won in 11 innings, 8–7. The
Cincinnati Reds were the Dodgers next opponent for a three-game series and the Dodgers dropped another extra inning game, falling 5–3 in 10 innings when
Jesse Winker hit a two-run home run off Jansen. The Reds beat the Dodgers again the next day, 6–5. making their first three game losing streak since August 29–30, 2019. Kershaw struck out eight in seven scoreless innings and the Dodgers offense scored six runs in the eighth inning to roll to an 8–0 win in the series finale. The Dodgers went back on the road for a four-game series against the
Milwaukee Brewers at
American Family Field. Bauer pitched a complete game, allowing only two runs on a fourth inning home run by
Travis Shaw. However, the Dodgers only scored one run and lost 2–1.
Edwin Uceta made his MLB debut as the starting pitcher on April 30, allowing two runs (on a home run by
Jackie Bradley Jr.) and four hits in two innings. The Dodgers offense continued to struggle, getting only two hits (one of them a home run by A.J. Pollock) and they lost 3–1.
May The Dodgers continued their struggles as the month of May began, starting pitcher
Dustin May exited the game in the second inning with an army injury and the Brewers beat the Dodgers 6–5 in 11 innings.
Julio Urías allowed only one run on four hits with 10 strikeouts in the conclusion of the series, and the Dodgers avoided being swept with a 16–4 win.
A. J. Pollock hit a
grand slam in the first inning and
Matt Beaty hit one in the second. They were the first pair to hit grand slams in the first two innings since
Bill Buckner and
Tony Armas of the
1984 Boston Red Sox. Pollock later added a second home run and finished with eight RBI and Beaty had seven. It was the first time one team had two players with seven or more RBI in a single game since the
1944 New York Giants. The Dodgers next started a three game series against the
Chicago Cubs at
Wrigley Field. The opener on May 3 was rained out so they had to play a doubleheader of seven inning games on May 4. In the early game,
Clayton Kershaw struggled and had the shortest start of his career, only one inning, in a game the Dodgers lost, 7–1. Despite home runs by
Justin Turner and
Max Muncy, the Dodgers also lost the second game of the doubleheader, 4–3, in nine innings. The Cubs completed the sweep of the Dodgers with a 6–5 win in 11 innings, the first time the Dodgers had been swept in a series of three or more games since April 2019 against the
Cardinals. The next stop for the struggling team was
Angel Stadium for a three-game series against the
Los Angeles Angels, where they got blown out in the first game, 9–2, extending the losing streak to four games. The Dodgers offense finally woke up in the next game, scoring eight runs in the fourth inning and five runs in the fifth to build a 13–0 lead, which turned out to be enough to overcome a massive bullpen collapse and the Dodgers snapped the losing streak with a 14–11 win. Kershaw pitched five scoreless innings, the 84th scoreless start of his career, sixth most in MLB history. However, they went back into hibernation in the series finale, losing 2–1 to the Angels to drop the series. The Dodgers returned home on May 11 to start a short two-game series against the
Seattle Mariners.
Walker Buehler allowed four runs in seven innings (including two home runs by
Mitch Haniger) and struck out eight. The Dodgers came from behind with two runs in the seventh and four in the eighth (including a go-ahead three-run homer by
Gavin Lux) to win 6–4. They finished off the sweep with a 7–1 victory in the next game. Urías only allowed two hits in seven innings while striking out six. After an off day, the Dodgers faced the
Miami Marlins for a three-game weekend series, starting with a 9–6 win, highlighted by an eight run second inning.
Trevor Bauer struck out 10 batters while allowing only two hits in seven scoreless innings in the next game as the Dodgers won 7–0. The game was marred however by the news that
Corey Seager broke his right hand when he was hit by a pitch in the fifth inning. A three-run home run by
Adam Duvall in the fifth inning was all the Marlins needed in a 3–2 victory in the series finale. The Dodgers would finish the homestand with a four-game series with the
Arizona Diamondbacks. Buehler struck out seven while only allowing one hit in seven scoreless innings and the Dodgers won the opener 3–1.
Will Smith homered and newly signed
Albert Pujols drove in a run in his second at-bat with the team. Urías struck out eight in 6 innings and Gavin Lux hit a
grand slam as the Dodgers routed the Diamondbacks, 9–1, in the second game. The following day, Kershaw struck out eight in six innings and the Dodgers rode a three-run seventh inning to a 4–2 victory. In the final day of the series, Pujols hit his first home run in a Dodger uniform and
Will Smith hit a go-ahead homer in the bottom of the seventh as the Dodgers went on to win 3–2 and sweep the series. The Dodgers traveled up for a three-game weekend series at
Oracle Park against the
San Francisco Giants. Bauer struck out 11 while allowing only two hits and one unearned run in innings and
Chris Taylor hit a two run homer as the Dodgers won 2–1. The Dodgers took the next game, 6–3, thanks to home runs by Max Muncy and
Austin Barnes and seven strong innings by Buehler. The Dodgers finished off the sweep with an 11–5 win which included Lux's second grand slam of the week. The Dodgers made a quick two-game trip to
Minute Maid Park to play the
Houston Astros. The Dodgers took the first game, 9–2, thanks to innings from Kershaw, Justin Turner's eighth home run of the season and five two out RBIs. The winning streak came to an end on May 26 when the Astros won, 5–2. Bauer allowed two home runs in six innings of work. The Dodgers returned home to face the Giants in a four-game series. In the series opener, they hit three home runs, including a go-ahead shot by Muncy in the sixth inning to win, 4–3. The Dodgers came from behind in the next game, with Austin Barnes hitting a three-run home run in the ninth inning to tie the game, only to lose in 10 innings, 8–5. The Giants took the following game as well, 11–6, as Urías struggled, allowing a career high seven runs on 11 hits in five innings. The Giants won the final game of the series, 5–4, as
Kevin Gausman held the Dodgers to only two hits in six innings while striking out seven. The Dodgers ended the month with a
Memorial Day contest against the
St. Louis Cardinals. Gavin Lux hit two home runs and Chris Taylor added one of his own as well as a three-run double (to conclude a 14-pitch at-bat) as they won, 9–4.
June To begin June, the Cardinals beat the Dodgers, 3–2, on
Edmundo Sosa's go-ahead single in the ninth inning.
Matt Beaty's two run homer accounted for all the Dodgers scoring. On June 2, the Dodgers scored 11 runs in the first inning en route to a 14–3 win.
Cody Bellinger hit a grand slam and tied a club record with six first inning RBI's. Next, the Dodgers traveled to play the
Atlanta Braves in a three-game series at
Truist Park. The series started with a 9–5 win for the Dodgers, with eight of the runs scoring in the fifth inning. However, the Braves scored five runs in the third inning of the following game to beat the Dodgers, 6–4. The Braves also won the series finale, 4–2. Next up for the Dodgers was a three-game series at
PNC Park against the
Pittsburgh Pirates.
Walker Buehler allowed only two hits in seven scoreless innings and
Chris Taylor homered as the Dodgers won the opener, 5–3. In the next game,
Justin Turner's two solo home runs accounted for all the offense in the Dodgers 2–1 victory. The Dodgers finished off a sweep of the Pirates with a 6–3 win in a game that was shortened to eight innings because of weather. On June 11, the Dodgers returned home for a weekend
interleague series with the
Texas Rangers. They began the series with a 12–1 blow out victory, of which six runs were scored in the first inning (including home runs by
Max Muncy,
Gavin Lux and Turner.)
Clayton Kershaw struck out nine batters in six innings while allowing only three hits and one unearned run. In the next game, the Rangers turned the tables and produced a 12–1 rout of the Dodgers to even the series.
Zach McKinstry had three hits and two RBI and
Mookie Betts homered as the Dodgers took the series finale, 5–3. The next series for the Dodgers was a three game series against the
Philadelphia Phillies. The Dodgers took the series opener, 3–1 thanks to a 2–run home run by
Will Smith and a solo home run by Taylor. A go-ahead homer by Betts in the seventh inning carried the Dodgers to a 5–3 victory over the Phillies in the following game. It was the first game of the season with a full capacity crowd at
Dodger Stadium, after the lifting of
COVID-19 restrictions in Los Angeles.
Clayton Kershaw struck out nine in six innings in the finale of the series, but the two runs he allowed (one on a first inning homer by
Rhys Hoskins) were the only runs of the game as the Phillies won 2–0. This was the first game the Dodgers had been shut out since September 14,
2019. On the next road trip, the Dodgers played the
Arizona Diamondbacks at
Chase Field.
Trevor Bauer struck out eight batters in seven scoreless innings and
Steven Souza Jr. homered as the Dodgers won 3–0. Buehler took a
no-hitter into the eighth inning and struck out 11 while Will Smith and Chris Taylor homered in the Dodgers 9–3 victory on
Juneteenth. With the game, Buehler tied
Kirby Higbe for the most consecutive regular season starts by a Dodgers pitcher without a loss (23). In the final game of the series, the Dodgers scored five runs in the third inning, which included a three-run homer by
Albert Pujols, and built a 9–1 lead. The bullpen collapsed in the eighth inning and let the Diamondbacks get back into the game but
Kenley Jansen shut down the side in the ninth to preserve a 9–8 win. Up next for the Dodgers was a three-game series at
Petco Park against the
San Diego Padres.
Julio Urías struggled in the game as the Padres scored four runs on him before he recorded an out in the first inning, and he allowed six runs overall while
Yu Darvish only allowed one run while striking out 11 in the Padres 6–2 win. The Padres pitching, led by five shutout innings from
Blake Snell, held the Dodgers down again in the following game which the Padres won 3–2. The Padres won again in the conclusion of the series, 5–3, being swept at Petco Park for the first time since the
2010 season. On June 24, the Dodgers returned home for a four game series against the
Chicago Cubs. In the opener, four Cubs pitchers (
Zach Davies,
Ryan Tepera,
Andrew Chafin, and
Craig Kimbrel) combined to no-hit the Dodgers and Buehler lost his first game of the season, as the Cubs won 4–0.
A. J. Pollock and
Max Muncy each hit two run home runs in the eighth inning of the next game, as the Dodgers beat the Cubs, 6–2, to snap the losing streak. A walk-off home run by Cody Bellinger gave the Dodgers a 3–2 win the following day. Kershaw struck out 13 batters while allowing only one run on four hits in eight innings in the series finale, while the offense scored six runs in the second inning on a Zach McKinstry grand slam and a two-run homer by Bellinger. The Dodgers won the game 7–1. The Dodgers closed out the month with a short two-game series against the division leading
San Francisco Giants. They won the first game, 3–2, thanks to a strong performance by Bauer and three solo home runs (by Betts, Muncy and Smith). They won again the next day, 3–1, to finish the month on a five game winning streak. Buehler struck out seven in innings while allowing only one unearned run and Muncy homered in the game.
July on 2 July 2021. The Dodgers began the month of July with a four-game road trip against the
Washington Nationals at
Nationals Park. The first game of the series was called after five innings because of rain but the Dodgers won 6–2 thanks to a
grand slam by
Max Muncy in the top of the fifth. The Dodgers scored nine runs in the seventh inning the following day as part of a 10–5 win. The Dodgers extended the winning streak to eight with a 5–3 win in game three of the series, despite an almost two hour rain delay in the middle innings. The Dodgers finished off the sweep with a 5–1 win on the
4th of July.
Matt Beaty homered and Muncy doubled twice and drove in three runs. They then began a four-game series at
loanDepot Park against the
Miami Marlins. The Marlins ended the Dodgers winning streak with a 5–4 win in the opener, on a
Jorge Alfaro homer in the eighth inning. The Marlins won again the next day, 2–1, in 10 innings with the winning run scoring on a wild pitch by
Blake Treinen and a throwing error on
Will Smith. A walk-off home run by
Jesús Aguilar gave the Marlins their third straight win in the series, 9–6. The Dodges avoided being swept with a 6–1 win over the Marlins to end the road trip.
Julio Urías struck out nine in seven innings while allowing only one run on five hits. record by scoring 22 runs against the Diamondbacks on July 10. The Dodgers ended the first half of the season with a three-game homestand against the
Arizona Diamondbacks. They dropped the opener 5–2 as the offense struggled and the defense committed two costly errors. On July 10, the Dodgers tied an LA franchise record and set a new
Dodger Stadium record by scoring 22 runs in a 22–1 blowout victory.
Justin Turner and
Mookie Betts each hit
grand slams making the Dodgers the first team in MLB history to record a pair of two-slam games in a season, while
A. J. Pollock and
Albert Pujols each hit two homers in the game.
Walker Buehler struck out seven in six scoreless innings. The Dodgers headed into the break with a 7–4 walk-off victory over the Diamondbacks as Muncy hit a three-run homer to end the game. Betts had three hits, including a homer in the game. Five Dodgers players (Betts, Muncy, Buehler, Turner and
Chris Taylor) were selected to represent the
National League at the
2021 Major League Baseball All-Star Game on July 13. The Dodgers followed the break with a three-game road series against the
Colorado Rockies at
Coors Field. They put up five runs in the first inning of the first game, with the big blow being a three-run homer by Taylor and went on to a 10–4 victory. Betts had four hits in four at-bats in the next game, with a home run and three doubles as the Dodgers won going away, 9–2. In the finale of the series, Turner and Smith both homered but the Dodgers lost in 10 innings, 6–5, after blowing saves in both the ninth and tenth. The Dodgers returned home on July 19 to begin a four-game series against the division leading
San Francisco Giants. Each team hit two home runs in the first inning (
Buster Posey and
Wilmer Flores for the Giants and Muncy and Turner for the Dodgers) but the Giants went on to win the game, 7–2, to extend their lead in the division. The Dodgers won the next game, 8–6, on a walk-off three-run home run by Will Smith. He was the first Dodgers player to hit a walk-off homer against the Giants, with the Dodgers trailing, since
Roy Campanella on May 27,
1953. It was the other way around in the next game, with
Wilmer Flores hitting a go-ahead two-run homer off
Kenley Jansen in the top of the ninth inning as the Giants scored three runs off Jansen to win 4–2. In the final game of the series, Buehler struck out nine and only allowed one run in innings but the Giants again came back against Jansen in the ninth to score four runs and win 5–3. The Dodgers lost another late inning lead the following day, and dropped the first game of a three-game series against the Rockies, 9–6, in 10 innings. The Dodgers snapped their losing streak with a 1–0 win over the Rockies on July 24.
Tony Gonsolin allowed only two hits in innings while striking out seven while
Austin Barnes solo homer was the only run scored in the game. After blowing three saves in a row, Jansen pitched a scoreless ninth inning in this one. The Dodgers took the series finale, 3–2, thanks to two homers by Chris Taylor and one by Will Smith. The Dodgers went back on the road on July 27 for a three-game series against the Giants at
Oracle Park. They dropped the opener, 2–1, with the deciding run scoring on a throwing error by
Cody Bellinger in the eighth inning. The Dodgers rebounded with an 8–0 shutout victory over the Giants thanks to Walker Buehler, who struck out eight in seven shutout innings. Bellinger hit the only homerun of the game. The Giants shut out the Dodgers, 5–0, to take the series. Next up was a three-game series against the Diamondbacks at
Chase Field. Chris Taylor had a homer and a triple in the opener but the Dodgers lost 6–5 in 10 innings. The Dodgers took the next game, 8–3, with Justin Turner hitting a tie-breaking two-run homer as part of a four-run seventh inning.
August The Dodgers ended the road trip with a 13–0 rout of the Diamondbacks on August 1.
Mookie Betts and
Justin Turner homered in the game while
Julio Urías struck out seven in five scoreless innings. The Dodgers returned home for a two-game homestand against the
Houston Astros and were shut out in the first game, 3–0. In the next game,
Max Scherzer made his Dodgers debut after having been acquired in a trade with the
Washington Nationals the previous week. He struck out 10 in seven innings while allowing two runs on five hits and a walk. The Dodgers hit four home runs in the game, including two by Betts, and won 7–5. They began a three-game weekend series against the
Los Angeles Angels with a 4–3 loss in 10 innings, their 11th consecutive extra inning loss on the season. In the next game, the Dodgers came from behind to win 5–3 thanks to a game-tying home run by
Cody Bellinger in the seventh and a go-ahead two-run double by
Chris Taylor in the eighth. The Dodgers finished off the series with an 8–2 win.
Walker Buehler struck out eight in six innings and
Albert Pujols and Bellinger homered in the win. The Dodgers went on a road trip to play the
Philadelphia Phillies at
Citizens Bank Park. In the opening game of that series, they weathered a one hour, 44-minute rain delay, to win a 5–0 shutout.
Corey Seager and
Max Muncy homered in the game. Bellinger hit two home runs in the next game, as the Dodgers beat the Phillies 8–2. The Phillies won the final game of the series, 2–1, with one of the runs scored on a solo homer by
Bryce Harper in the first. Next up was three games against the
New York Mets at
Citi Field. The Dodgers jumped out to a 4–0 lead only to see the bullpen falter and send the game into extra innings. However, they won the game 6–5 thanks to a two-run home run by
Will Smith in the 10th inning, snapping the extra inning losing streak. In the next game, Buehler allowed only one run while striking out 10 in seven innings while Smith homered again. The Dodgers won in 10 innings for a second straight night, 2–1, on a run scoring double by Bellinger. The Dodgers finished off the road trip with a 14–4 rout and a sweep of the Mets. They hit five homers in the game, including two by Max Muncy.
Trea Turner had three hits in four at-bats and scored four runs.
Andre Jackson pitched four scoreless innings with five strikeouts in his major league debut and the Dodgers got solo homers from Muncy and
Billy McKinney to beat the
Pittsburgh Pirates 2–1 at
Dodger Stadium on August 16.
Matt Beaty drove in the go-ahead runs with a two run double in the fifth leading the Dodgers to a 4–3 win over the Pirates in the second game of the series. In the following game,
Mitch White pitched scoreless innings with six strikeouts and allowed only two hits while the Dodgers hit four home runs (including two by Muncy) in a 9–0 blowout victory. The next day, the Mets arrived in town for a four-game series and the Dodgers continued the winning streak with a 4–1 win. Buehler struck out eight in innings as the Dodgers edged the Mets 3–2 for their eighth straight win on August 20. The Dodgers took the third game of the series, 4–3. Trea Turner had three hits including a home run and Pujols and
Chris Taylor also homered. The winning streak came to an end in the next game, when the Mets avoided the sweep with a 7–2 win. Up next was a brief three-game road trip against the
San Diego Padres at
Petco Park.
Julio Urías returned from a short stint on the injured list to allow only one hit in five scoreless innings while Smith homered and the Dodgers won 5–2. In the following game, Buehler struck out eight in innings while allowing only one unearned run but he was matched by
Blake Snell who struck out 10 in innings. The Dodgers were unable to score until Smith hit a game-tying homer in the eighth inning. The game remained tied into the 15th inning when the Dodgers scored twice only for the Padres to tie the game again on a two-run homer by
Fernando Tatís Jr. and finally
A. J. Pollock hit a two-run homer in the 16th to give the Dodgers a 5–3 win. It was the longest baseball game in two years and the Dodgers bullpen allowed only one hit (the homerun) in innings. The only other bullpen that accomplished that was the
2007 Dodgers. The Dodgers finished off the sweep with a 4–0 victory. Scherzer struck out 10 in scoreless innings while allowing only two hits and one walk and
Austin Barnes homered. The Dodgers returned home to play the
Colorado Rockies on August 27 and dropped the opener of the series 4–2. The Dodgers evened the series up with a 5–2 win in the following game. Will Smith's two run double in the eighth inning put the Dodgers ahead to stay. The Rockies shutout the Dodgers in the series finale, 5–0, with
Antonio Senzatela allowing only two hits in seven innings. The Dodgers hit four home runs (Muncy, Smith, Betts, Seager) as they beat the
Atlanta Braves 5–3 to start their next series. The Dodgers finished the month with a 3–2 win. Mookie Betts homered in the game, and Corey Seager's RBI double in the eighth provided the winning margin.
September / October The Dodgers beat the Braves 4–3 on September 1 to sweep the series and move past the
San Francisco Giants into first place in the
National League West for the first time since April 28.
Max Scherzer struck out nine in six scoreless innings and an RBI single by
A. J. Pollock in the eighth provided the winning run. The Dodgers traveled to
Oracle Park on September 3 to play the Giants for three games with two teams tied for first place at the start of the series. The opener was a pitchers duel with the Giants winning 3–2 in 11 innings. The winning run scored on a throwing error by
Trea Turner. The Dodgers won the next day, 6–1, to even up the series and tie up the division again. Trea Turner and
Corey Seager homered in the game while
Julio Urías struck out eight in innings. The Giants recaptured the division lead with a 6–4 win in the series finale. Next up was a four-game series at
Busch Stadium against the
St. Louis Cardinals. The Dodgers won the opener, 5–1, on
Labor Day with Scherzer striking out 13 in eight innings. In the next game,
Justin Turner homered twice and
Albert Pujols and
Will Smith also homered as the Dodgers won 7–2. The Cardinals won the third game of the series, 5–4, and the fourth game, 2–1, to split the series. The Dodgers returned home and beat the
San Diego Padres, 3–0, behind seven shutout innings from Urías and a two-run homer by
Max Muncy.
Mookie Betts hit a three-run homer in the next game and the Dodgers won 5–4. The Dodgers finished off the series sweep with an 8–0 victory as Scherzer allowed only one hit in eight scoreless innings while striking out nine. In the following game,
Clayton Kershaw returned to the mound for the first time since being placed on the injured list after his July 3 appearance and he struck out five while allowing one run in five innings against the
Arizona Diamondbacks. The Dodgers won 5–1. The Dodgers won again the next day, 8–4, to clinch a spot in the postseason for the ninth straight season.
Tony Gonsolin struck out six while allowing only two hits in five scoreless innings. They completed the series sweep with a 5–3 win. Urías picked up his 18th win and Muncy hit his 35th homer. The next trip was to
Great American Ballpark to face the
Cincinnati Reds, who beat the Dodgers 3–1 to start the series.
Luis Castillo struk out 10 in innings for the Reds. The Dodgers took the next game, 5–1, as Scherzer pitched seven scoreless innings. Kershaw struck out eight while allowing only one run in five innings of the following game while
Gavin Lux had three hits including a home run and drove in three RBI in an 8–5 win. Next up was a three-game series at
Coors Field against the
Colorado Rockies, starting with a 5–4 win in 10 innings. Albert Pujols drove in the winning run. However,
Walker Buehler struggled in the next game, allowing five runs on seven hits in only innings as the Dodgers lost to the Rockies 10–5. The Dodgers won the final game of the series, 7–5, thanks to a two-run homer by Muncy in the 10th inning. On September 24, the Dodgers traveled to
Chase Field to play the Diamondbacks and began with a 4–2 win. A. J. Pollock homered in the game. That was followed by a 7–2 loss. In their final road game of the regular season, the Dodgers beat the Diamondbacks 3–0 for their 100th win of the season. Seager and Trea Turner homered in the game. Back home for a series against the Padres, the Dodgers won 2–1. Buehler bounced back from a few poor outings by pitching seven scoreless innings in the game. The Dodgers won the next game, 11–9, thanks to six home runs (four in the eighth inning alone), including two by Pollock. They also won the next game, 8–3, to end September with their third straight sweep of the Padres. They hit five more home runs in the game, with two of them from Seager. The Dodgers ended the season with a three-game series with the
Milwaukee Brewers. They fell behind 5–1 in the opener but tied the game on a grand-slam home run by Trea Turner in the fifth inning (his second homer of the game), took the lead on a
Matt Beaty homer in the seventh and won the game 8–6. In the next game,
Julio Urías allowed only one run on one hit and two walks while striking out seven in innings as he picked up his 20th win of the season in the Dodgers 8–3 victory. The Dodgers wrapped up the regular season with a 10–3 rout of the Brewers and a series sweep. Buehler struck out 11 in five innings and Trea Turner hit another grand slam as the Dodgers finished with a 106–56 record. However, they finished in second place behind the Giants and made the playoffs as a Wild Card team. The win tied the single-season franchise record for wins (106) and set a franchise record for consecutive home wins (15). ==Postseason==