Overview

• The three-game set begins Friday at Dodger Stadium at 10:10 p.m. EDT, the clubs’ eighth meeting this season with Los Angeles leading 4-3.
• Arizona starts Zac Gallen (9-13, 5.13 ERA) against Los Angeles left-hander Blake Snell (3-2, 1.97), who returns after a brief paternity-list stint and earlier shoulder IL time.
• Los Angeles tops the NL West at 77-57 with a 44-24 home record, while Arizona is 66-69 and reported to be 6.5 games back of the final NL wild card.
• The Dodgers boast a healthy six-man rotation featuring Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Clayton Kershaw and Tyler Glasnow, though position players Max Muncy and Tommy Edman remain out.
• After trading veterans including Eugenio Suarez, Josh Naylor, Jordan Montgomery, Merrill Kelly and Shelby Miller, Arizona has won six of nine, including Thursday’s 6-4 win in Milwaukee with Taylor Rashi recording a debut save.