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The top two teams in the NL West open a weekend series Friday as the Los Angeles Dodgers visit the San Diego Padres.
L.A. has once again been the class of the majors, entering the game with an MLB-best 52-29 record that leaves San Diego nine games back in the division even as the Padres come in riding high from a sweep of the Braves.
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The Padres will give the ball to Walker Buehler for the series opener, with the veteran right-hander set to make his second career start against his longtime team. Buehler faced the Dodgers at Fenway Park last year while pitching for the Red Sox and had a mediocre outing, failing to make it out of the fifth inning while walking five.
Don’t expect much length from him Friday but he should at least keep the Padres in the game; he has allowed exactly one earned run in each of his last four starts.
Roki Sasaki (3-4, 4.76 ERA) will make the start for L.A. as he navigates a bit of a roller-coaster season that has featured moments of brilliance but not much consistency from outing to outing.
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Padres vs. Dodgers will not air on traditional television Friday. The game will stream live as part of Apple TV's "Friday Night Baseball" package.
New subscribers get their first week of Apple TV for free. After that, they can subscribe for just $12.99/month.
Subscribers can watch “Friday Night Baseball” with the Apple TV app, which is available on select smart TVs, Roku devices, Amazon Fire TV, and gaming consoles.
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First pitch of Padres vs. Dodgers on Friday is set for 9:45 p.m. ET. The game will be played at Petco Park in San Diego, California.
Apple and MLB have announced the “Friday Night Baseball” schedule through the end of July. See every upcoming game below.
Marc Lancaster joined The Sporting News in 2022 after working closely with TSN for five years as an editor for the company now known as Stats Perform. He previously worked as an editor at The Washington Times, AOL’s FanHouse.com and the old CNNSportsIllustrated.com, and as a beat writer covering the Tampa Bay Rays, Cincinnati Reds, and University of Georgia football and women’s basketball. A Georgia graduate, he has been a Baseball Hall of Fame voter since 2013.
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