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.

In a historic playoff matchup of Japanese-born starters, Los Angeles got home runs from Kiké Hernández and Teoscar Hernández to beat San Diego 2-0.

The showdown between Los Angeles Dodgers rookie Yoshinobu Yamamoto and San Diego Padres veteran Yu Darvish in Game 5 of the NLDS on Friday will mark the first matchup between Japanese-born pitchers in MLB postseason history.