Overview
- The Dodgers clinched their 13th straight postseason berth Friday, when Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts hit back-to-back homers and Clayton Kershaw made his final regular-season home start.
- Los Angeles enters Saturday with a magic number of four to secure the NL West title for the 12th time in 13 seasons.
- Tyler Glasnow starts for the Dodgers after a strong September that includes seven no-hit innings on Sept. 8 and one run allowed over 6 1/3 innings in his last outing at San Francisco.
- The Giants counter with rookie Kai-Wei Teng, who carries a 6.41 ERA and is coming off a four-inning start with one unearned run allowed against Arizona.
- San Francisco sits four games back of the final NL wild-card spot with eight to play and trails the season series 8-3 against Los Angeles.