Yoshinobu Yamamoto rebounded from his shaky postseason debut to have a stellar start, and the Dodgers’ bullpen was nearly perfect again.
Both Dodgers runs scored on solo home runs off Yu Darvish, who was otherwise brilliant.
The Dodgers will face the New York Mets for the pennant, with Game 1 of the NLCS starting at 8:15 pm ET on Sunday.
(Jayne Kamin-Oncea / Imagn Images)Kiké Hernández continues his October legacyDave Roberts didn’t need a reason to include Kiké Hernández in his lineup on Friday.
Ample credit belongs to the Dodgers bullpen and Yamamoto, who finally avoided being knocked around by the San Diego lineup.
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