Oct 11, 2024, 10:44 PM ET
LOS ANGELES — Yoshinobu Yamamoto outdueled Yu Darvish in a historic playoff matchup of Japanese-born starters, and the Los Angeles Dodgers got home runs from Kiké Hernández and Teoscar Hernández to beat the San Diego Padres 2-0 on Friday night and advance to the National League Championship Series.
Yamamoto allowed two hits over five innings for the Dodgers before being pulled after 63 pitches in a decisive Game 5 between heated rivals who were meeting in an NL Division Series for the third time in five years.
The Dodgers will play the New York Mets in the best-of-seven NLCS starting Sunday night in Los Angeles.
It will be the 16th NLCS appearance for the Dodgers in franchise history, the second most by any team since the round began in 1969.
The Padres’ two hits Friday tied the second fewest in a winner-take-all game all-time. The only team to have fewer hits was the 2022 Mets in the wild-card round against the Padres (1).
ESPN Research and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
