Yu Darvish tapped the “PS” patch on his uniform and then went to work on the way to an inspired performance.Yet, try as he might, Darvish’s stellar outing in memory of late San Diego Padres owner Peter Seidler was not enough to overcome the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night.

San Diego will send Yu Darvish to the mound while Los Angeles will have rookie Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitching in front of the home crowd. Darvish (7-3, 3.31 ERA) and Yamamoto (7-2, 3.00 ERA) both have excellent arms and will attempt to win the series for their squads.

Ohtani has gone 4 for 16 in the first four games of this NLDS, but he went hitless in three at-bats against his “childhood hero” Yu Darvish in a Game 2 loss.

Game 5 of the National League Division Series has all the pre-set narratives of a classic: bitter rivals, superstar players and managers who can’t wait to get to their bullpens. The winner gets to play the New York Mets in a coast-to-coast National League Championship Series.

With a tight 2-0 win over the San Diego Padres in Game 5 at home on Friday, the Dodgers won their first playoff series of the current postseason format.

How Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers fare against Padres starter Yu Darvish, and the performance of the L.A. bullpen will be worth watching in NLDS Game 5.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have forced a deciding Game 5 against the Padres in their NLDS series after winning a shutout in Game 4, 8-0, the Dodgers’ largest shutout win in franchise history. However, Game 4 was Game 4,

The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres will meet for a decisive Game 5 in the NLDS and Shohei Ohtani got his wish with a trip to the NLCS on the line.