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Another week, another dominant showing by the Dodgers. The team went a combined 4–2 against division rivals San Francisco and San Diego, outscoring the two teams by a total of 40–24. Los Angeles is now a staggering 36–13 since the All-Star break.Jayne Kamin-Oncea/USA TODAY Sports
Sunday’s 11–2 rout over the Padres brought the team’s runs scored total to 756, while its total runs given up is just 446 on the year. The Dodgers lead the majors in both categories—and are 23 games away from pulling off the rare feat of leading for the whole year. Only seven teams have done that since the start of the 20th century,, and it’s only occurred once since World War II.
The Dodgers are four wins away from their 100th victory, and this season would mark their 10th time reaching that threshold. But historic regular seasons haven’t been too kind to the franchise: The team has never won the World Series after posting triple-digit regular-season wins. The franchise record for wins in a year is 106, a feat pulled off twice in the past three years: once in 2019 and again in ’21, with Los Angeles losing to the eventual champions in both years .
The road gets easier from here, with the Dodgers’ next 11 games coming against the Diamondbacks and Giants before a six-game stretch facing the Cardinals and Padres. A mere 11–12 finish is all it will take to set a new record for wins in a season—an exceptional accomplishment that deserves its recognition—but with all the success the franchise has had in the past decade-plus, such an achievement will feel empty without a World Series win to back it up.
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