Clayton Kershaw will pitch in Game 2 at Dodger Stadium Wednesday, while the Padres will have former Dodger Yu Darvish on the mound
Dodgers faithful are excited to see the Dodgers face their rival to the south, the San Diego Padres, in the National League Division Series.Trea Turner homered and doubled as the Los Angeles Dodgers started fast and held off the San Diego Padres 5-3 on Tuesday night in their NL Division Series opener.
Los Angeles dominated in the regular season, owning a 14-5 advantage and outscoring San Diego 109-47. The 111-win Dodgers claimed the NL West and the Padres finished second, 22 games back. Chris Martin, who had two saves this season, pitched a perfect ninth for a save. Struggling closer Craig Kimbrel was left off the Dodgers' roster for this best-of-five matchup.The Padres were coming off a win in the decisive Game 3 of the wild-card series Sunday night over the Mets in New York.In the first, Turner hit a 419-foot shot into the left-field pavilion for his second career postseason homer and first as a Dodger.
The Dodgers' offense - baseball's highest-scoring this season - went quiet after the third. Their lone baserunner was Freeman, who walked. Mookie Betts and Freeman were a combined 0 for 7 with two strikeouts.
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