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.

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.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start for the Dodgers in Game 5 of the NLDS on Friday, pitching against Padres right-hander Yu Darvish in the first matchup of Japanese-born starting pitchers in MLB postseason history.

Shohei Ohtani may get his wish to see Los Angeles Dodgers teammate Yoshinobu Yamamoto face off against San Diego's Yu Darvish in Game 5 of the National League Division Series.

The Los Angeles Dodgers shut out the San Diego Padres in Game 4 of the NLDS, forcing a winner-take-all Game 5 in Los Angeles on Friday night. With the New York

It’s only fitting that the hotly contested Dodgers-Padres NLDS comes down to a decisive Game 5, and that’s exactly what we’ll be getting on Friday night in Los Angeles.

Shohei Ohtani will get his wish to see Los Angeles Dodgers teammate Yoshinobu Yamamoto face off against San Diego’s Yu Darvish in the decisive Game 5 of the National League Division Series

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto will face off against San Diego's Yu Darvish in Game 5 of the National League Division Series.

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.