In beating the Dodgers on Thursday night, the Nationals punched a ticket to the postseason.

There will be playoff baseball in the nation's capital for the first time since 1933.

Meanwhile, Washington's magic number to win the National League East was reduced to eight.

Washington was last in the postseason 79 years ago, when player-manager Joe Cronin and the Senators lost to the New York Giants in five games in the World Series.