After dispatching one second-place team during the week, the Los Angeles Dodgers will face another one when they host the San Francisco Giants on Friday in the start of a three-game weekend series.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto gives up six hits and five earned runs as the San Francisco Giants defeat the Dodgers to move into a first-place tie with L.A. in the NL West.

Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto revealed his thoughts on his performance against the San Francisco Giants on Friday.

The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants will break a National League West deadlock on Saturday night, when they play the second in a three-game series at Dodger Stadium.

While Yankees-Red Sox is the biggest rivalry on the east coast, Giants-Dodgers is the biggest rivalry on the west coast. In fact, the two teams have been rivals since they were both back in New York when they were the New York Gothams and Brooklyn Dodgers,

The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants enter the weekend's series within one game of each other atop the loaded NL West.