Dodgers clinch at least wild-card berth (AP)

Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman Andy LaRoche(notes) (15) can't hold onto a foul ball hit by Los Angeles Dodgers' Andre Ethier(notes) in the eighth inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009. The Dodgers won 8-4.

The celebration was a couple of bottles of champagne and a few hugs, nothing more. Maybe it's because the Los Angeles Dodgers expect to have bigger bashes before the season is over. The Dodgers locked up their fourth NL playoff appearance in six years, getting a two-run single from pinch-hitter Jim Thome during a four-run eighth inning in which Pirates relievers walked four before going on to…

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