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Dodgers Change Starting Pitching Plan for Game 1 of NLDS vs. Padres

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts is in his ninth season as the skipper in Los Angeles. | Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images

The Los Angeles Dodgers have tweaked their pitching plan for their upcoming NLDS series against the rival San Diego Padres.

Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman told reporters Thursday that Jack Flaherty will no longer take the ball in Game 1. Instead, the Dodgers will send rookie Yoshinobu Yamamoto to the bump on Saturday in order to have the 26-year-old available to pitch in a possible win-or-go-home Game 5.

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