Last week saw to divisional matchups in the National League West, and NL West teams lost the two series against other NL teams outside the division. The San Diego Padres dropped two of three against the Milwaukee Brewers, and the Colorado Rockies lost two out of three against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
But the division mostly took out any such frustration against the American League. The Dodgers and Padres, the two teams at the top of the standings and the only two teams in the division with a winning
record, swept the Angels and Seattle Mariners, respectively, over the weekend. The San Francisco Giants won two out of three against the A’s in West Sacramento. The Arizona Diamondbacks did lost two of three to the Texas Rangers, but overall the division went 9-3 in interleague play for the week.
Divisional notes
The Dodgers and Giants split four games in Los Angeles, with the Giants winning the first two games. On Tuesday, Eric Haase homered twice off Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the first player to homer against Yamamoto twice in the same game. Haase is just the fourth catcher in Giants history to hit two home runs in a game against the Dodgers, and the first since Bob Melvin on September 22, 1987. Haase is the only Giants catcher with such a game at Dodger Stadium. Sean Keane has more on Haase’s big game at McCovey Chronicles.
Diamondbacks right-hander Merrill Kelly at age 37 pitched the first complete game of his career on Thursday night, his 178th career start, in a 9-1 rout of the Colorado Rockies. The folks at AZ Snake Pit have more. Kelly had just the second complete game at Coors Field since the start of 2023, along with Stephen Kolek of the San Diego Padres on May 10, 2025. There are 94 complete games in the history of the ballpark, which is now in its 32nd season.
Jake Cronenworth out with a concussion. Padres have gotten contributions from other players, like Miguel Andujar and Gavin Sheets (three go-ahead home runs in the ninth inning), which Thomas Conroy chronicled at Gaslamp Ball.
Rockies right-hander Chase Dollander exited his Thursday start and was placed on the injured list on Friday. There’s no timetable yet for his return, but optimism that he won’t need surgery. From Evan Lang at Purple Row:
Dollander described his injury as “just a very minor UCL sprain. That’s just what the MRI showed. I have a little information around the ligament, nothing to be too concerned about. Just thanking God that it wasn’t more than that. Obviously, it’s probably the best case scenario. Trying to look at the positive side.”
NL West standings
Dodgers 29-18, – –
Padres 28-18, 0.5 GB
D-backs 22-23, 6 GB
Giants 20-27, 9 GB
Rockies 18-29, 11 GB
The week ahead
Three different intradivisional series this week, in San Diego and Arizona.
- Dodgers: at Padres, at Brewers
- Padres: vs. Dodgers, vs. A’s
- D-backs: vs. Giants, vs. Rockies (4 games)
- Giants: at D-backs, vs. White Sox
- Rockies: vs. Rangers , at D-backs (4 games)
