DENVER (AP) — Shohei Ohtani had two hits and raised his average to .310 in his bid to overtake leader Luis Arraez and become the National League's first Triple Crown winner since 1937 by heading to the playoffs Los Angeles Dodgers helped beat the Colorado Rockies 13-2 on Saturday night.

Ohtani went 2 for 5 and closed within four points of Arraez, who had a night off in San Diego and is batting .314 heading into the final day of the regular season.

Ohtani leads the NL with 54 home runs and 130 RBIs. The last winner of the NL Triple Crown was Joe Medwick of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1937. The last to accomplish the feat in the Major Leagues was Miguel Cabrera of Detroit in 2012.

“It's very unlikely, but I expect Arraez to play tomorrow,” manager Dave Roberts said of Ohtani overtaking Arraez. “We’ll see if Shohei can miss another big day.”

Additionally, Ohtani stole his 58th base in a season in which he became the first 50-50 player.

Teoscar Hernández and Kike Hernández each hit three home runs for Los Angeles, which had 18 hits and scored at least 11 runs in consecutive games for the first time since July 21 and 22 last year at Texas. Teoscar Hernández has 99 RBIs.

Teoscar Hernández and Ohtani can reach milestones on Sunday.

“Hopefully he can get six hits like he did in Miami so he can at least compete and compete for the batting title and a Triple Crown,” Hernández said, thinking back to Ohtani’s three-homer, 10-RBI game on Sept. 19. “If I get the opportunity, I will do my best, not only for the 100 RBIs but also for the run for the team.”

Yoshinobu Yamamato (7-2) allowed two runs and four hits over five innings while striking out six to earn his first win since defeating the Rockies on June 1. Yamamoto was making his fourth start after missing three months with a strained rotator cuff.

The Dodgers (97-64) secured the majors' best record and home-field advantage all postseason when Philadelphia lost at Washington early Saturday.

“That was important for us and that’s why we played hard,” Hernández said.

Ohtani hit a single in the first, grounded out in the second, walked and scored in the fifth and singled in the fifth. He flied out in the seventh and grounded out in the ninth.

Kike Hernández, who finished with three hits, hit a 430-foot home run to center off Antonio Senzatela (0-1) in the second inning for a 4-1 lead. Teoscar Hernández's 33rd home run in the fifth made the score 8-2.

Ezequiel Tovar scored his team-leading 26th goal for Colorado (61-100), which reached the 100-point loss mark for the second straight season.

“It's annoying, whether it's loss No. 1 or loss No. 50, you don't like them,” manager Bud Black said. “You have to look at the perspective of where we are with our team and where we are going. That’s the big picture in all of this.”

Charlie Blackmon, who will retire Sunday after 14 years in the majors, all with the Rockies, was 1 for 4 and scored one run.

TRAINER ROOM

Dodgers: OF Kevin Kiermaier dislocated his left ring finger while sliding into second base. The training staff put the finger back in place, Roberts said, adding, “Now it just hurts.” … 1B Freddie Freeman was feeling “a lot better,” according to Roberts. Freeman sprained his right ankle in the seventh inning of the decisive NL West Division game against San Diego on Thursday night.

Rockies: OF Brenton Doyle was out due to tendinitis in his right knee.

NEXT

Dodgers RHP Landon Knack (2-5, 3.74) will start Sunday's regular-season finale against Rockies RHP Ryan Feltner (3-10, 4.66).

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