Dodgers earn first-round bye after securing Top 2 seed in NL

The Los Angeles Dodgers clinched a first-round bye and a top-two seed in the National League after the Atlanta Braves lost 7-6 to the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday. The Dodgers will have home-field advantage in the best-of-five NL Division Series, which begins on October 3. They trail the 100-win Milwaukee Brewers by 2.5 games with four games remaining, leaving the top NL seed still in play, though Milwaukee holds the head-to-head tiebreaker.