Two divisional tiebreakers needed in NL

The playoff-bound Colorado Rockies are headed to Los Angeles for a tiebreaking game to decide the NL West title after routing the Washington Nationals 12-0 on Sunday behind Charlie Blackmon’s cycle.

Tied atop the division with the Dodgers entering the last day, the Rockies won for the ninth time in 10 games, while Los Angeles routed San Francisco 15-0 to send the season to Game 163.

The one-game tiebreaker will be Monday at Dodger Stadium, and the loser goes to the Chicago Cubs or Milwaukee for Tuesday’s wildcard game.

Colorado is trying for its first division title. The Dodgers, the defending NL champions, are trying for a sixth straight West title.

At Chicago, Anthony Rizzo had four hits and scored three times in the Cubs’ 10-5 win over St. Louis, setting up a tiebreaker game for the NL Central title.

Chicago hosts Milwaukee on Monday afternoon, and the winner gets a spot in the division series and home-field advantage throughout the NL playoffs.

At Milwaukee, Triple Crown contender Christian Yelich and Milwaukee advanced to the tiebreaker with a seventh straight win. Yelich went 0-for-2 with two walks and scored twice, ending his 10-game hitting streak. He is hitting .323 in his first season with Milwaukee, locking up the first batting title in Brewers history.

Yelich has 109 RBIs, tied with Colorado’s Nolan Arenado and two behind leader Javier Baez of the Cubs.

Yelich’s 36 home runs are tied with Colorado’s Trevor Story and St. Louis’ Matt Carpenter, one behind Arenado.

The tiebreakers are considered game No. 163 of the regular season, meaning Yelich’s stats — and those of Arenado and Baez — from Monday’s game will count in the totals.

The last NL player to win the Triple Crown was Joe Medwick in 1937 for the Cardinals.