The Dodgers (91-69) opened their final regular season series against the American League West-champion Mariners (90-70) and hung on while hungover to defeat them 3-2 Friday night at T-Mobile Park.

Although the game’s results didn’t matter much in the standings, it was perhaps a preview of a possible World Series match up between the two division winners. It’s often customary to rest starters post-clinch, and the Dodgers did just that without Mookie Betts, Tommy Edman or Freddie Freeman in the starting lineup.

Emmet Sheehan made his last start of the regular season. Sheehan’s healthy, but he was taken out early after the first inning in anticipation of his postseason relief role. It was essentially a bullpen game for the Dodgers.

Fellow right-hander George Kirby used his elevated fastbal

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