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- Updated: September 26, 2016
LOS ANGELES — The schedule maker conveniently gave the Dodgers a day off on Monday, well timed for recuperation from Sunday’s clinch celebration. Meanwhile, the Baseball Operations department gets no rest, turning immediately to preparation for the Washington Nationals.
Home-field advantage for the best-of-five National League Division Series is still to be decided, but the Nationals lead by two games in the loss column. The Dodgers have six games remaining, three each in San Diego and San Francisco.
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“I hope we spend this week making up ground. The home-field advantage is still at stake for us,” said general manager Farhan Zaidi. “Now is the time to really dig in, look for strengths and weaknesses and how they’ll attack us. All of that could impact how we construct the playoff roster.”
The Dodgers went a robust 5-1 against Washington this year, sweeping a three-game series at home in June, taking two of three in Washington in July. Not that those outcomes have any meaning when the slate is wiped clean for the series that starts Friday, Oct. 7, and will be televised by either Fox Sports 1 or MLB Network.
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