It’s pretty easy to spot a championship caliber team, and right now the Dodgers are playing like one.

They’re not putting up huge numbers. They’re not hitting a lot of home runs. They actually look a little sloppy at times.

But that’s not important. What is important?

They’re finding a way to win.

In the last series they played with the D’backs, the Dodgers won two of the three games, while only outscoring their opponent 9-8 over the course of the series. All three games were one run games.

The Dodgers are now 12-5 in one run games. That number says it all.

They are able to hold on when things get close. They don’t get rattled or shakey. They can play with confidence, and, amazingly, know that their pitching staff can keep them close when they have too.

Last night’s victory was a textbook example of how the Dodgers pitching should work. Billingsley goes six, then Belisario, Troncoso and Broxton work the seventh, eighth and ninth to close it out.

That win also improved the Dodgers home record to 20-6. They are the first team in the majors to reach 20 home wins.

The pitching staff is able to take whatever support it can get, even if it’s just one run. The Dodger offense is far from bulletproof, as it has shown throughout the week.

That does not mean, however, that it is weak.

After being shut down for seven innings by Dan Haren on Tuesday, the offense exploded for five runs in the eighth to overcome a four run deficit to beat the D’backs 6-5.

This is the kind of resilience that will win a championship. The Dodgers were coming off of a tough split with the Cubs, had just lost the fist game to the D’backs and were in danger of losing again.

But the offense never quit, and took advantage of every opportunity it could get.

And it’s only going to get better in the next couple of months. Don’t forget, on July 3, less than a month away, Manny Ramirez will return to the lineup.

If the Dodgers can just keep it up, and keep finding ways to win, then they will just keep getting better.

That is what will send the Dodgers to their first World Series since 1988.