Giants @ Dodgers – September 18, 2025: Can Yoshinobu Yamamoto get some help for once? As a treat?

Thanks to the bullpen blowing a potential sweep over the Phillies, this four-game series with the Giants continues to loom large for the NL West hopes of the Dodgers, and they opposition will also be motivated in trying to earn that last playoff spot.

Can the Dodgers back Yoshinobu Yamamoto for once? Maybe? As a treat?

Tonight's #Dodgers lineup vs. Giants: pic.twitter.com/sCjcfKnIDI

— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 18, 2025

Rivalry weekend down south

⌚️: 7:10 p.m. PT
📍: Los Angeles, CA
📺: @NBCSGiants | @MLBNetwork
📻: @KNBR | KSFN#SFGiants | @CocaCola pic.twitter.com/pgmW6g1rHW

— SFGiants (@SFGiants) September 18, 2025

There isn’t a ton of news, as Clayton Kershaw retiring obviously is the main headline.

Clayton Kershaw's words — His full retirement speech: https://t.co/lPonKgRPYN

— Dodger Insider (@DodgerInsider) September 19, 2025

Dustin covered that here.

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There was the reveal that Roki Sasaki would be working in relief.

In non-Kershaw news, Dave Roberts said Roki Sasaki will pitch out of the bullpen tonight for OKC

That represents a trial run in relief for him. If Sasaki were to be on the Dodgers' playoff roster, it would almost certainly be as part of the bullpen

— Jack Harris (@ByJackHarris) September 18, 2025

Makes sense.

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Rivalry time.