Padres face win-or-go-home Game 5 in LA

Driving the news: Yu Darvish will start for the Padres, and he'll be on regular rest after throwing a gem in the Padres' Game 2 win in LA.

• Dodgers manager Dave Roberts has not said who he'll start, with Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Jack Flaherty both options.
• Or, two days after suffocating the Padres during an 8-0 Game 4 win in Petco Park with a revolving door of relievers, the Dodgers could go that route again and forego a traditional starter.

If you go: The Padres are hosting another watch party at Petco Park with tickets for $5 apiece.

• First pitch is scheduled for 5:08pm — take note, that's an hour earlier than the last two games — and it will air on Fox (not FS1, where the rest of the series has been).

State of play: The Dodgers were without regular starters, shortstop Miguel Rojas and first baseman Freddie Freeman, on Wednesday due to injuries, and both are game-time decisions for Friday.

• One bright spot from the Padres' drubbing Wednesday night: The team's dominant back-end relievers got the night off and should be well rested for Game 5.