One day before Game 5 of the National League Division Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers announced Yoshinobu Yamamoto would start — setting up a historic matchup.
When Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts spoke to the media at his scheduled session Thursday afternoon, he did not have a starting pitcher chosen for Game 5 of the National League Division Series on Friday.The Dodgers and the Padres then conducted their workouts, with only one side knowing who would start the winner-take-all game in the best-of-five series.
Fox will broadcast the game at 8:08 p.m. Eastern Time. The winner will move on to host the Mets in Game 1 of the NL Championship Series on Monday.Both Darvish and Yamamoto missed time this season due to injuries. Darvish went 7-3 with a 3.31 ERA in 16 starts. He faced the Dodgers three times during the regular season, going 1-0 with a 1.73 ERA.Darvish limited the Dodgers to one run over seven innings in Game 2 of the NLDS at Dodger Stadium.
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