· the padres have won eight of their last 10 and hold a one-game lead in the division. How many games did the dodgers win in the nl west? Are the dodgers a good team? The padres are 22-12 in that same time period. · the los angeles dodgers strengthened their grip on the national league west with a 2-1 win over the san francisco giants on thursday. Are the dodgers back in prime position to win the nl west? Only the juggernaut milwaukee brewers have a better record among national. · by night’s end, the san diego padres had closed the dodgers’ lead in the division to one game, the closest the race has been since june 14. · the dodgers fell, 7-4, to the angels on monday night in the freeway series opener -- and their lead in the division shrank to one game over the padres. · the los angeles dodgers swept the padres to grab the nl west lead and now face san diego in a pivotal division matchup. Are the dodgers in the bottom ten? Since opening up that nine- game lead on july 3, the dodgers are 12-20. But with 41 games left to play, fanduel still has the dodgers (-180) as the favorite to win the nl west.
