Dodgers Yamamoto vs. San Diego Padres, NLDS Game 1 starting matchup

Dodgers Yamamoto vs. San Diego Padres, NLDS Game 1 starting matchup

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The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres will meet for the second time in two years in the best-of-five National League Baseball (MLB) Division Series (NLDS), and it's going to be a hard-fought Game 1 and Game 2.

The teams today announced the starting pitchers for Games 1 and 2 of the Division Series, which will be played June 6-7 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Calif.

Dillon Siege (San Diego) and Yoshinobu Yamamoto (Dodgers) will face off in Game 1, while Darvish Yu (San Diego) and Zach Flaherty (Dodgers) will take the mound in Game 2.

According to MLB.com, Dodgers President of Operations Andrew Friedman explained that the decision to switch the order of Yamamoto and Flaherty's Division Series starts was based more on Yamamoto's pitching schedule than his skill set.

Yamamoto, who moved to the MLB this year after playing in Nippon Professional Baseball, has yet to adjust to the MLB's starting rotation, which is often four days on, four days off.

After pitching every week in Nippon Professional Baseball, Yamamoto has been pitching every six days in the regular season this year, 카지노사이트 sometimes as long as seven or eight days apart.

The Dodgers and San Diego's division series will end in 12 days if they play the final five games.

The Dodgers adjusted their starting order so that Yamamoto would be available for Game 5 on Dec. 12, just a few days after his Game 1 start.

Two years ago, San Diego swept the Dodgers in the Division Series, 3 games to 1, to advance to the Championship Series.

This season, the Padres hold an 8-5 advantage over the Dodgers.

Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, who is playing fall ball for the first time in his MLB career, is batting .326 with one home run and seven RBIs against San Diego this year.