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.

Yu Darvish put on a pitching masterclass to shut down Shohei Ohtani as the San Diego Padres routed the Los Angeles Dodgers 10-2 to claim an emphatic series-leveling victory on Sunday. Darvish retired Ohtani three times during his gem at Dodger Stadium that left the Padres in the driver's seat of the best-of-five National League Division Series.