After watching Will Smith dazzle during his eight season with the Dodgers, Dave Roberts compared his catcher to Freddie Freeman.

LOS ANGELES — It was touted as the biggest series of the month. It was billed as a potential passing of the torch, with the San Diego Padres threatening to win the National League West for the first time in 19 years. Instead, Sunday’s finale ended in a three-game sweep — and a relatively convincing one, at that.

Los Angeles is now two games up in the standings, with a 71-53 record. The Dodgers are on the road for a four game series at Colorado, before these two teams meet up again next weekend, this time in San Diego. The Padres are now 69-55, and will start a four game series against the Giants on Monday.

Two LA City Council members join folks in Chinatown and Solano Canyon in opposing a gondola project to Dodger Stadium and a related bill in the state legislature.

The Athletic's Jim Bowden listed current Boston Red Sox third baseman Alex Bregman as a potential free agency target for the Los Angeles Dodgers this offseason.

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City Councilmembers Eunisses Hernandez and Ysabel Jurado spoke out against S.B. 71, which would exempt some public transportation projects from certain environmental regulations.

Umpires_Home, Ryan Additon; First, Adam Hamari; Second, Lance Barksdale; Third, Ryan Wills. T_2:24. A_27,259 (50,144).

A clutch home run from Mookie Betts helped the Los Angeles Dodgers cap off a dominant weekend against the San Diego Padres.