A trip to the NLCS is on the line when the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres link up on Friday night in Game 5. These teams have gone back forth throughout this series. The Dodgers were able to keep their season alive with a blowout 8-0 win over the Padres on Wednesday. Yu Darvish (7-3, 3.31 ERA) starts for San Diego, while the Dodgers will start Yoshinobu Yamamoto (7-2, 3.00) for the second time this series after he also started Game 1.

First pitch is scheduled for 8:08 p.m. ET from Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers are the -144 money-line favorites (risk $144 to win $100) in the latest Padres vs. Dodgers odds, while the Padres are +122 underdogs. The over/under for total runs scored is 8 in the latest MLB odds via SportsLine consensus. 

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