Jack Flaherty will begin the Los Angeles Dodgers within the World Series opener in opposition to the New York Yankees.
The right-hander squares off in opposition to Gerrit Cole on Friday evening at Dodger Stadium in a matchup of space natives.
Flaherty is from close by Burbank and attended highschool at Harvard-Westlake in Los Angeles. Cole is from Tustin, Orange County, and works at UCLA.
Right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the $325 million rookie, will begin Game 2 on Saturday, Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts stated Tuesday on a Zoom name with the media.
Roberts stated there will probably be a bullpen recreation through the best-of-seven collection.
Flaherty has began 3 times in these playoffs with a 7.04 ERA. He struggled in his final begin in opposition to the New York Mets in Game 5 of the NL Championship Series, giving up eight earned runs and 4 walks in three innings.
Flaherty dominated Game 1 in opposition to the Mets, permitting two hits in seven innings.
He joined the Dodgers on the July commerce deadline from Detroit.
Associated Press reporting.
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