LOS ANGELES — The Giants might have the best seat in the house for a party they’d rather skip.
As the club arrived in Los Angeles for a three-game weekend series on Friday, the first-place Dodgers had a magic number of four to clinch their seventh consecutive National League West title.
Despite a 5-4 Giants win on Friday, the Dodgers may still have an opportunity to put the gap between the two franchises in perspective this weekend as any combination of Los Angeles wins and Arizona losses that add up to four will lock up the NL West.