Its Friday, August 22 and the Dodgers (73-55) are in San Diego to take on the Padres (72-56).

Blake Snell is slated to take the mound for Los Angeles against Yu Darvish for San Diego.

The Dodgers’ lead in the National League West is down to a single game over the Padres entering this weekend series. Los Angeles blitzed the Rockies Thursday, 9-5, to earn a split in the four-game series. Freddie Freeman and Andy Pages each went yard in the win for the Dodgers. San Diego doubled up the Giants on Thursday to take three of four in their series against San Francisco. Manny Machado picked up a couple hits and drove in three to lead the attack for the Friars.

Lets dive into the series opener and find a sweat or two.

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