Monday night at Petco Park will bring a rematch of the sport's defending champions and the challenger that came closest to ousting them.

The Padres scored their first six runs against Dustin May, who finished five innings. He took six pitches to get through the fourth and stranded a runner at second in the fifth. The Padres went down in order against Anthony Banda in the next two innings.

The Dodgers and Padres are among MLB's top World Series contenders, and it feels like the postseason each time the rivals meet.

The top of the Padres' lineup is a formidable gauntlet, but rookie right-hander Ben Casparius handled it just fine. He opened the Dodgers' 5-2 victory on Wednesday afternoon by sending the first three batters down in order,

Gavin Sheets, Bogaerts and Jake Cronenworth hit successive one-out singles, but that is not what put the Padres up. Instead, there were two outs after the third of those singles, as Sheets was tagged out at home after being waved home from second on Bogaerts’ hit to center field.

Manager Dave Roberts called the 2024 NLDS "the real World Series", after the Dodgers went on to beat both the Mets and the Yankees pretty handily in the next two series. The 2025 rematch begins today.

Andy Pages led off the 10th inning with an RBI double before scoring on Tommy Edman’s single, and the Los Angeles Dodgers hung on to open their season series against the San Diego Padres with an 8-7 victory.

Here’s all you need to know about the Dodgers vs. Padres game 3, TV channel, streaming options, starting pitchers, and more.

The Dodgers will use a bullpen game against Dylan Cease at Petco Park in San Diego, just like the 2024 NLDS Game 4.

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts isn't embracing the hype surrounding the National League Division Series rematch with the San Diego Padres.

The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres faced each other this week for the first time since the 2024 National League Division Series. Matchups between the teams have taken on added significance over recent years,