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Clayton Kershaw struck out six over 4 1/3 innings in the final regular-season home start of his accomplished career and the Los Angeles Dodgers finished off a 6-3 victory over the visiting San Francisco Giants on Friday, clinching their 13th consecutive playoff berth in the process.Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts hit back-to-back home runs in a four-run fifth inning as the Dodgers (87-67) increased their National League West lead to four games over the San Diego Padres. Their magic number to clinch the division is four.Kershaw, an 18-year veteran who on Thursday announced his retirement effective at the end of the season, gave up two runs on four hits with four walks. He departed to a standing ovation and emerged from the dugout for a curtain call.Los Angeles right-hander Edgardo Henriquez (2-1) relieved Kershaw and went 1 1/3 innings with three strikeouts for the win. Left-hander Tanner Scott pitched the ninth inning for his 22nd save.Heliot Ramos led off the game with a home run for the Giants (76-78), who lost for the sixth time in their past seven games to deal a blow to their playoff hopes. Rafael Devers struck out four times.Robbie Ray (11-8) gave up five runs on five hits over 4 2/3 innings as San Francisco dropped to four games behind the last NL wild-card spot.The Giants were intent on spoiling the Dodgers' party when Ramos the leadoff homer, his 18th, on Kershaw's third pitch. The Dodgers pulled even in the second inning on a home run from Miguel Rojas, his seventh.A Wilmer Florez RBI single put the Giants up 2-1 in the third.The Dodgers took charge in the fifth when Andy Pages singled and Enrique Hernandez walked with one out. With two out, Ohtani lifted a three-run home run to the opposite field in left, his 52nd, for a 4-2 lead. Betts followed on Ray's next pitch with a home run to left-center, his 20th.Pages had an RBI double in the sixth to give Los Angeles a 6-2 lead before Matt Chapman got the run back for San Francisco with a seventh-inning single.--Field Level Media