Trea Turner wins NL batting title, Dodgers beat Brewers 10-3

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Trea Turner ended the regular season with a bang, hitting his second grand slam in less than 48 hours to easily wrap up the NL batting title.

“Any time you can win anything in this league, it’s special,” he said. “It’s pretty cool and proud of it.”

The Dodgers came up just short in their bid to unseat the rival San Francisco Giants for the NL West title, beating Milwaukee 10-3 Sunday for their 106th victory only to finish as the winningest second-place team in major league history.

The Dodgers' streak of eight straight NL West titles ended with them one game behind the Giants, who beat San Diego 11-4 for their 107th victory.

“They took it from us,” manager Dave Roberts said. “They had an even better regular season.”

The Dodgers host St. Louis in the NL wild-card game on Wednesday, and the winner plays the Giants in the NL Division Series.

“It's fun. It's a Game 7,” Turner said. “It's hard to get to the postseason, it's hard to stay healthy, there's a lot of good teams out there. Just getting to the postseason is underrated."

Turner hit .328, well ahead of former Washington teammate Juan Soto, who went 0 for 3 Sunday to end at .313. Turner went 1 for 3 with four RBIs and extended his hitting streak to 19 games while making a case for NL MVP honors.

“I don’t know why Trea isn’t getting spoken about in the MVP as much,” teammate Walker Buehler said. “He’s had a year that not many players have had. He’s a special player and kind of a game-changing player. I think Trea Turner needs to be on the minds of some people.”

Turner said he was expecting a post-game text from Soto.

“He kind of handed it to me. I thought I was going to have a little bit more pressure on me this week. I thought it would be a little...

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