DODGERS-GIANTS SERIES
■ Schedule: Game 1, Friday, at San Francisco, 6:37 p.m. (TBS); Game 2, Saturday, at San Francisco, 6:07 p.m. (TBS); Game 3, Monday, Oct. 11, at Los Angeles, 6:37 p.m. (TBS); x-game 4, Tuesday, Oct. 12, at Los Angeles, 6:07 p.m. (TBS); x-game 5, Thursday, Oct. 14, at San Francisco, 6:07 p.m. (TBS).
x-if necessary. ■ Season Series: Giants won 10-9. About the Dodgers
■ Record: 106-56.
■ Playoff Entry: NL wild card.
■ Manager: Dave Roberts (sixth season).
■ Projected Rotation: RHP Walker Buehler (16-4, 2.47 ERA, 212 Ks, 207 2/3 IP), LHP Julio Urías (20-3, 2.96, 195 Ks, 185 2/3 IP), RHP Max Scherzer (15-4, 2.46, 236 Ks in 179 1/3 IP; 7-0, 1.98, 89 Ks with Dodgers and 8-4, 2.76, 147 Ks with Washington).
■ Top Hitters: 2B Trea Turner (.338, 9 HRS, 24 RBIS with Dodgers; .322, 18, 49 with Washington. Had Mlb-leading 195 hits, 32 SBS, 319 total bases), SS Corey Seager (.306, 16, 57), LF AJ Pollock (.297, 21, 69).
■ Top Relievers: RHP Kenley Jansen (4-4, 2.22 ERA, 38/43 saves), RHP Blake Treinen (6-5, 1.99, 7 saves).
■ Glance: The Dodgers are in the playoffs for the ninth straight year and are defending their first World Series championship since 1988. They finished second to rival San Francisco by a game in the NL West in a race that went down to the last day of the regular season, snapping their streak of eight consecutive division titles. About the Giants
■ Record: 107-55.
■ Playoff Entry: NL West champion.
■ Manager: Gabe Kapler (second season).
■ Projected Rotation: RHP Logan Webb (11-3, 3.03 ERA), RHP Kevin Gausman (146, 2.81, 227 Ks), LHP Alex Wood (10-4, 3.83), RHP Anthony Desclafani (13-7, 3.17).
■ Top Hitters: SS Brandon Crawford (.298, 24 HRS, 90 RBIS, 30 2Bs, .895
OPS), C Buster Posey (.304, 18, 56, .889 OPS), RF Mike Yastrzemski (.224, 25, 71).
■ Top Relievers: LHP Jake Mcgee (3-2, 2.72 ERA, 31/36 saves), RHP Tyler Rogers (7-1, 2.22, 13 saves), LHP Jarlin Garcia (63, 2.62, 1 save).
■ Glance: The Giants are in the playoffs for the first time since 2016 after setting a franchise record with 107 wins and clinching the division title on the final day of the regular season. … The Giants moved into first place for good on May 31 but never led by more than five games. … This will be the first playoff meeting between the longtime rivals, although the Giants won regular-season tiebreaker series for the National League pennant in 1951 and 1962.