After battling all season in the NL West and being two of the best teams in the National League, it comes down to one game for the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Division Series.
Game 5 is on at Dodger Stadium, and this series has had a bit of everything, from fans throwing garbage onto the field to Dave Roberts accusing Manny Machado of throwing a ball at the Los Angeles dugout to Fernando Tatis Jr. having an incredible series to Shohei Ohtani letting his emotions out.
The Padres won eight of the 13 regular-season meetings between these teams in 2024 and have Yu Darvish on the mound in this one against Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Darvish took three turns against the Dodgers in the regular season; he had a 1.72 ERA over 15 2/3 innings with 12 strikeouts and six walks in those games. He also went seven innings and struck out three in San Diego’s 10-2 win in Game 2.
Yamamoto made two starts against the Padres early this season, including the season opener in South Korea, in which he lasted only one inning. In Game 1 of this series against the Padres, he pitched five innings and allowed five runs.
The winner of Friday’s Game 5 hosts the Mets, who topped the Phillies in their NLDS matchup, in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series on Sunday.
How to watch Padres vs. Dodgers in NLDS Game 5
Date: Friday, October 11
Time: 8:08 p.m. ET
Location: Dodger Stadium | Los Angeles
Channel: Fox
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Dodgers take 1–0 lead
Enrique Hernandez hammers an inside fastball deep into the left field seats to put the Dodgers on the board first.
The bottom of the second began with Max Muncy drawing a walk. But he was erased on a double-play started by Manny Machado off a line drive to third by Will Smith. Hernandez followed with his solo homer and the inning ended with Gavin Lux grounding out to second base.
Another scoreless frame for Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Manny Machado sent the first pitch of the second inning deep to the warning track in right field, but Mookie Betts caught it for the first out.
Jackson Merrill followed with a groundout to second base. Xander Bogaerts drew a two-out walk before David Peralta grounded out to second.
Velocity is up for Yoshinobu Yamamoto, though he’s yanked a few fastballs. Very fastball-heavy early on through two innings.
Yu Darvish allowed a two-out single to Freddie Freeman in the bottom of the first inning, but he was left on base after Teoscar Hernández popped out to first base to end the frame.
Darvish also struck out Shohei Ohtani and got Mookie Betts to ground out to shortstop.
On to the second inning.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws a 1-2-3 1st inning
Yoshinobu Yamamoto retires the Padres in order for the top of the first inning, including a strikeout of Fernando Tatis Jr.
Dodger Stadium full of rally towels
Intra-city motivation in the Dodgers’ clubhouse
The Dodgers are invoking another Los Angeles sports legend for some Game 5 motivation.
Yu Darvish’s last 6 starts vs. Dodgers
In addition to the numbers below, Yu Darvish has 31 strikeouts in his past 36 1/3 innings facing the Dodgers.
Darvish vs. Yamamoto = MLB postseason history
Game 5’s starting pitching matchup is the first between two Japanese-born starting pitchers, with Yu Darvish and Yoshinobu Yamamoto taking the mound.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto vs Yu Darvish!!
this will be the first game in postseason history between 2 Japanese-born starting pitchers
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