2018 Los Angeles Dodgers season

2018 Los Angeles Dodgers
National League Champions
National League West Champions
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkDodger Stadium
CityLos Angeles, California
Record92–71 (.564)
Divisional place1st
OwnersGuggenheim Baseball Management
PresidentStan Kasten
President of baseball operationsAndrew Friedman
General managersFarhan Zaidi
ManagersDave Roberts
TelevisionSportsNet LA
KTLA 5 (occasional simulcasts)
(Joe Davis, Charley Steiner, Orel Hershiser, Nomar Garciaparra)
(Spanish audio feed)
(Pepe Yñiguez, Fernando Valenzuela, Manny Mota)
RadioKLAC
Los Angeles Dodgers Radio Network
(Charley Steiner, Rick Monday, Kevin Kennedy)
KTNQ
(Jaime Jarrín, Jorge Jarrin)
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The 2018 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 129th for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 61st season in Los Angeles, California. They played their home games at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers suffered a season-ending injury to star shortstop Corey Seager early in the season and started the season 16–26, but went 76–45 to close out the season.

They defeated the Colorado Rockies in the National League West tie-breaker game to claim their sixth straight National League West Championship and became the first team to win six straight division championships since the New York Yankees won nine straight from 1998 to 2006 and only the third overall (the Atlanta Braves won 14 from 1991 to 2005).[1] They opened the playoffs by defeating the Atlanta Braves in four games in the NLDS and defeated the Milwaukee Brewers in seven games in the NLCS. It was the third straight NLCS appearance for the Dodgers, a franchise record and the second consecutive National League pennant. They lost to the Boston Red Sox in the World Series, their second straight World Series loss. The Dodgers became the first team to lose back-to-back World Series since the Texas Rangers did so in 2010 and 2011, and the first National League team to do so since the Braves in 1991 and 1992.

  1. ^ Gurnick, Ken (October 1, 2018). "LA wins 6th straight NL West title in tiebreaker". mlb.com. Retrieved October 1, 2018.