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LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Led by a couple of their hottest hitters, the Los Angeles Dodgers banged out 16 hits in a final tuneup before the post-season.Adrian Gonzalez hit a three-run homer to finish with a major league-leading 116 RBIs and Matt Kemp added a two-run drive in a 10-5 win over the Colorado Rockies 10-5 Sunday for the Dodgers fifth straight victory.As that game was coming to an end, you can almost feel a change, manager Don Mattingly said. The next game we play is going to be a lot different.The Dodgers open the NL division series at home Friday against the St. Louis Cardinals, who knocked them out in the league championship series last season.Theyve been a thorn in our side the last couple years, Mattingly said. Its kind of turning into a pretty good rivalry.The Dodgers 94 wins were their most since going 95-67 in 2009. They ended the regular season without a losing streak longer than three games, something only their 1924 and 1988 clubs had done.Zack Greinke (17-8) set a career high for wins and remained unbeaten in his last eight starts, going 5-0 with a 2.34 ERA since Aug. 15. He allowed one run and four hits in five innings, struck out six and walked one while finishing 12-0 with a 1.74 ERA in 15 starts against NL West opponents.I felt good, he said. I used all the pitches; they all had some crispness to them. I didnt give up too many hard-hit balls, so that was the goal.Clayton Kershaw acted as pitching coach in place of Rick Honeycutt. Before the game, Kershaw threw 32 pitches in two simulated innings in an effort to limit rustiness over the nine days between his scheduled starts. He will take the mound in the playoff opener after becoming the first pitcher to lead the major leagues in ERA in four consecutive years at 1.77.He was kind of half doing his job, Greinke said of Kershaw, while giving props to third baseman Juan Uribe, who served as manager. Juan was more intense doing his job.Uribe started out wearing Mattinglys name and number on his jersey. He later changed to a jersey with Hall of Fame manager Tom Lasordas name on it.Easy game today, said Uribe, who got a cooler full of a blue sports drink tossed on him by Kemp before a postgame rally on the field.He did great. We won, right? Mattingly said of Uribe. He had them playing hard and got them to do what he wanted.Lasorda took the mic during the rally and showed he could still muster some bombast after turning 87 earlier in the week.I think were going to get to the Fall Classic, he told the crowd. Then the big Dodger in the sky can take me away.Colorados Justin Morneau won the NL batting title, finishing at .319 after he grounded out as a pinch hitter in the eighth. Its the lowest average for a batting champion since the late Tony Gwynn hit .313 for San Diego in 1988.Im most proud that I was consistent all season, Morneau said. Sometimes you get hot for a while and hit .450, but I think I was consistent all season and I focus and concentrated on that.Morneau edged Pittsburghs Josh Harrison, who was hitless in four at-bats Sunday and slipped three points to close at .315.It was the Rockies second straight batting title and ninth in 22 years; Michael Cuddyer led the NL last season at .331. Morneau finished the season two hits shy of 1,500 for his career, although his 160 hits are his most since he had 187 in 2008.Gonzalez finished three RBIs short of his career high, set in 2008. His 27th homer helped power a 16-hit attack and extended the Dodgers lead to 5-1 in the third. It scored Darwin Barney who singled and Yasiel Puig, who reached on an error by shortstop Josh Rutledge.Kemps 25th homer into the left-field pavilion with two outs in the first gave Los Angeles a 2-0 lead and scored Gonzalez, who doubled.Theyve been a force together, Mattingly said.Dodgers second baseman Dee Gordon, who didnt play, finished as the major league stolen base leader with 64.Rookie Christian Bergman (3-5) gave up eight runs a€” seven earned a€” and 11 hits in 5 1-3 innings.FIRST HITDefensive replacement Roger Bernadina collected his first hit in nine games with the Dodgers. He hit a three-run homer on his first pitch from Rob Scahill in the sixth, making it 9-1. He finished 2 for 2 with four RBI.Hawkins replied.TRAINERS ROOMRockies: INF DJ LeMahieu (sprained left knee) will have a MRI on Monday.Dodgers: Gordon had a MRI on his right hip Sunday after leaving in the second inning a day earlier. 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That gaping hole at first base might be filled in 2014 by lefty Lyle Overbay and righty Mark Reynolds. Each player signed a minor league deal with an invite to spring training, meaning theyll have to prove themselves -- again -- to stick around. "Its really an uncomfortable feeling," said manager Ron Roenicke, drawing on his own experiences in the majors. "I like that theres competition but I tell you what its a nervous time. I dont have fond memories of spring training." This spring, its Overbay and Reynolds who will be trying to impress Roenicke. Reynolds, 30, has a feast-or-famine reputation with 202 homers in his seven seasons in the majors with a career .233 average. He has struck out at least 154 times in each season since 2008, including 223 strikeouts in 2009. But Roenicke sees some hope in the stats. Last year between the Indians and Yankees, Reynolds had 154 strikeouts with 51 walks, about a 3-to-1 ratio. "He sees pitches. He waits for the pitch he wants to hit," Roenicke said. "Hes not up there hacking at everything, and I think thats the difference." Its a little tough on Reynolds having to win a job going into his eight season in the majors. He is back in the National League though, where he came up with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2007. "Honestly, I was just looking for the best place to get at bats. Come in and have a good spring and kind of prove myself all over again," Reynolds said. Reynolds isnt usually that far from Overbay. Theyve got lockers right next to each other in the clubhouse. On Wednesday, there they were sitting next to each other taking a brief break during a sunny afternoon in the dugout during batting practice. And there waas Overbay yelling out to Reynolds across the usual morning clubhouse din to pass on a reminder that it was time for a meeting.dddddddddddd Overbay, 37, is back in Milwaukee for the first time since the 2005 season. It was after that season that Overbay was traded to Toronto in a deal that opened up first base for Prince Fielder. Since then, there have been stops in Pittsburgh and Arizona before spending 2013 with the Yankees. Overbay hit .240, though he did have a renaissance of sorts with 14 homers and 59 RBIs, both highs for him since 2010. It was with the Yankees, with the aid of hitting coach Kevin Long, that Overbay said he got the lower half of his body on track with his swing for the first two-thirds of the season. Overbay said he got untracked again the last two months, so he wanted to focus this off-season on regaining what he lost. "Sometimes when results arent happening, you resort back to your other path," Overbay said Wednesday. "So those are the kinds of things I wanted to get in muscle memory, so that when I came here and I could it through this whole year." He might potentially be the best defensive first baseman on the Brewers roster. Overbay is also a solid clubhouse presence who appears comfortable with what he needs to do in the latter part of his career. No guarantees yet with the Brewers. Besides Reynolds, returning veteran Juan Francisco, along with younger or less heralded players like Hunter Morris and Sean Halton are also in the mix at first. But without taking a swing in a game, Overbay has made an impression Roenicke. "I like what he has to say out there. I like what some of the younger guys have already come to me and said about him, that doesnt happen that often," Roenicke said. "So hes a guy that were really happy to have in camp." ' ' '