Dodgers Lineup vs Padres: Will Smith Out As LA Looks to Avoid Sweep

The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres are set for their final meeting of the regular season on Sunday with the Dodgers as LA looks to take the final game of the series at Petco Park

With major October implications, the Dodgers are now one game behind the Friars in the NL West, and with right-handed ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto on the mound, the Dodgers will look to take a game in this three-game set and get back to the top spot in the division.

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Yamamoto is working with a 2.90 ERA this season across 133.2 innings of work. He has dealt 151 strikeouts to 46 walks on the year with an ERA+ of 143, over 40 percent better than…