Clayton Kershaw pitched 5 1/3 scoreless innings in the final regular-season start of his illustrious 18-year career to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 6-1 victory against the host Seattle Mariners on Sunday afternoon.

Shohei Ohtani hit his 55th homer of the season -- breaking his own franchise record -- and Hyeseong Kim and Freddie Freeman also went deep for the National League West champion Dodgers (93-69), who closed the regular season with five straight victories. Los Angeles will be the No. 3 seed in the NL playoffs and will host the Cincinnati Reds in the best-of-three wild-card round that begins Tuesday.

The American League West champion Mariners (90-72) were swept in the three-game interleague series after entering with 16 wins in their previous 17 games. Seattle claimed the AL'

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