The Dodgers dominance atop the National League West division continues.

Will Smith hit the game-tying home run, Shohei Ohtani singled in the go-ahead run, and Mookie Betts delivered a two-run single as the Los Angeles Dodgers scored five runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to come from behind to beat the San Diego Padres 7-2 on Thursday night at Dodger Stadium.

The victory clinched the 2024 National League West division title for the Dodgers, their 11th title in the last 12 years, and 23rd division crown overall.

After losing five straight to San Diego entering the series this season, the Dodgers took the final two games of the series to win the division crown.

“I couldn’t be more proud of these guys,” manager Dave Roberts said. “They fought and fought and fought and overcame adversity.”

The Dodgers couldn’t muster much offense off Padres right-hander Joe Musgrove through six scoreless innings.

However, San Diego sent Musgrove back out to the mound for the bottom of the seventh and that’s when the Dodgers finally got to him.

Max Muncy led off the inning with a walk, and Smith followed with a home run to straightaway center that tied the game at 2-2.

Will Smith ties it up with one swing, his 20th HR of the year 💪 pic.twitter.com/3YE4YcNHk6

— MLB (@MLB) September 27, 2024

“It got everyone going,” said Smith of his game-tying homer.

Musgrove is 0-7 in his career against the Dodgers and will have to wait until next season to end that drought.

“Musgrove threw a heck of a ballgame,” Roberts said. “You got to tip your hat right there.”

Kiké Hernandez hit a pinch-hit single and Andy pages reached on a catcher’s interference call, setting the stage for more Shohei heroics.

Ohtani scored the go-ahead run on a single to right field that gave the Dodgers a 3-2 lead.

The @Dodgers are on top thanks to who else?

Shohei Ohtani! 😤 pic.twitter.com/Ltnbco6I5a

— MLB (@MLB) September 27, 2024

“I’m really happy,” Ohtani said through an interpreter. “Today I came to the stadium really wanting to clinch.”

Betts broke the game open with a two-run single that gave the Dodgers a five-run inning and allowed the postgame champagne celebrations to continue as scheduled.

Mookie plates 2️⃣ more!

The @Dodgers can clinch the NL West with a win tonight 👀 pic.twitter.com/7B3g5OjRK0

— MLB (@MLB) September 27, 2024

Andy Pages belted a two-run home run for some extra insurance runs in the bottom of the eighth.

Walker Buehler pitched brilliantly, allowing just one run with five hits in five innings. Despite a rocky season, following his second Tommy John procedure, Buehler will be needed in the postseason for the Dodgers and appears to be hitting his stride at the right time.

One cause of concern for the Dodgers, was first baseman Freddie Freeman left the game with a right ankle injury trying to hustle down the first-base line in the seventh inning.

With the NL West division now sealed, and a first-round bye guaranteed. The Dodgers will look to sew up the best record in the NL and the number one overall seed as they head to Colorado for the final series of the regular season.

The owner of two Hollywood Hills mansions apologized Wednesday for the ongoing vandalism happening at his multi-million dollar homes. 

“What’s happened to the two properties I own is unacceptable, and no matter what caused it, I own the houses,” wrote John P. Middleton, the owner, in a statement. 

Two people were arrested in connection with vandalism Wednesday at one of two abandoned Hollywood Hills mansions owned by the son of the owner of the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team that became targets for taggers.

Spray paint cans and a loaded unregistered firearm were found in one suspect’s purse, police said. The suspects arrested Wednesday were identified by police as 35-year-old Jacob Smith, arrested on suspicion of vandalism, and 19-year-old Thomia Fagan, arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm in a vehicle.

In the statement, Middleton clarified that the homes had security already in place as well as a property manager. He said that now there is armed security present 24/7. 

“I’m disappointed to note that even as I have worked this week to paint over the graffiti, vandals still managed to break in and paint over the newly cleaned walls,” he wrote.

City workers placed fencing in front of the home earlier this week and Los Angeles Police Department officers were at the site.

Middleton said that he would repay the city any taxpayer funds used to protect the property.

The four-story, six-bedroom mansion with a large pool is perched on a hillside overlooking Los Angeles with views to the east and south. All levels of the exterior and the roof of the home, built in 2003, were covered in graffiti. Many of the windows are shattered.

The LAPD released the photos of dozens of people, mostly minors, responsible for a series of “flash mob” robberies at several 7-Eleven across LA County.

The robberies, which began in July, have taken place at 14 different 7-Eleven locations, according to police.

“They’re very brazen. They are not worried about being stopped or they’re not worried about being seen,” said LAPD Detective Supervisor Samuel Arnold. “They’re not even just shoplifting. They’re going in and deliberately knocking over expensive items, coffee makers, merchandise, sunglasses, and just completely destroying the store.”

Aside from the locations, virtually every case is identical.

The robberies began July 12th and each involved 20-40 teens on bicycles rushing into a store, stealing items and escaping before police arrived.

Of the 14 cases, 13 of them took place on a Friday between the hours of 6 and 9 p.m.

“The look on the faces of some of these juveniles. It’s like they’re having a good time. They’re enjoying it,” Arnold said. “And that is what we need to let them understand. There’s no way, shape or form that this behavior is going to be condoned or allowed.”

Detectives are trying to determine which group is behind the series of robberies and are now asking for the public’s help in identifying the suspects.

“It needs to stop. If you’re participating in these meet-ups on the bikes, we’re going to be looking to identify you,” Arnold explained. “We will be coming either to your house, will be coming to your school, and you got to stop because it’s not going to be a freebie.”

Arnold said most 7-Eleven locations are individually or family-owned and operated.

The LAPD plans to step up patrols at 7-Eleven stores on Fridays beginning this week.

Anyone with information regarding the photos is being asked to contact the LAPD.