A clutch home run from Mookie Betts helped the Los Angeles Dodgers cap off a dominant weekend against the San Diego Padres.

The Los Angeles Dodgers swept the San Diego Padres in the three-game series at Dodger Stadium. Yu Darvish gave up four runs in the first inning, and the Padres were left clawing back and did so, tying the game up at four in the eighth inning. However, Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts then hit a go-ahead home run that clinched the series.

Betts’ eighth-inning home run breaks a 4-4 tie and completes the sweep with a 5-4 victory over the Padres. It also extends a hot streak born of a different approach.

LOS ANGELES — It was touted as the biggest series of the month. It was billed as a potential passing of the torch, with the San Diego Padres threatening to win the National League West for the first time in 19 years. Instead, Sunday’s finale ended in a three-game sweep — and a relatively convincing one, at that.

The Padres previously took the NL West lead for the first time just before their series at Dodger Stadium. While they would like to forget the outcome of the series, the schedule ahead suggests that they may still be trailing when the Dodgers come to Petco Park.

Mookie Betts hit a tiebreaking solo home run leading off the eighth inning after Los Angeles blew a four-run lead and the Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 5-4 on Sunday to increase their NL West lead to two games.

On Friday morning, the Padres were in first place, having won 14 of their last 17 games, with an opportunity to put a little distance between themselves and the Goliath just up I-5. Instead, the Dodgers reminded us all who they are, sweeping the Padres and re-taking the NL West lead by two games.

But the Padres looked stale in one of their most important series of the season, getting outscored 14-6 (-8) in front of a raucous crowd at Dodger Stadium. With its win on Saturday, Los Angeles now holds the head-to-head tiebreaker, too.