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Dodgers Host Giants in First NL West Series of the Season

Both clubs navigate injury challenges in a series opener that pits Yoshinobu Yamamoto against Logan Webb

San Francisco Giants general manager Zack Minasian during a news conference in San Francisco, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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Overview

  • Yoshinobu Yamamoto (6-4, 2.20 ERA) starts Friday for the Dodgers against Logan Webb (5-5, 2.58 ERA) of the Giants.
  • Los Angeles leads the NL West with a 41-28 record, one game ahead of San Francisco at 40-29.
  • Shohei Ohtani has powered the Dodgers with 23 home runs and a .625 slugging percentage.
  • Giants’ seven-game winning streak ended Thursday in an 8-7 loss to the Rockies and they’ve added Dominic Smith, who is 8-for-25 with a home run in eight games.
  • Both rosters are thinned by injuries, with the Dodgers sidelining Tony Gonsolin and Tyler Glasnow and the Giants without Matt Chapman and Jordan Hicks.