SAN DIEGO – It’s postseason baseball time!

The San Diego Padres are doing everything they can to ensure they have true home field advantage when the National League Division Series against the favored Los Angeles Dodgers heads to America’s Finest City.

It’s a rematch for the division rivals who last met in the playoffs in 2022.

Although Dodger Stadium and Petco Park are just over 120 miles apart, it’s common for the stadium in downtown San Diego to be dominated in the stands by Dodger Blue, and that’s exactly what the Padres want to avoid.

Fans at Petco Park during the game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres at Petco Park in San Diego, California. (Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images) (Getty Images)

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The Padres are limiting ticket sales for their NLDS home games to San Diego County residents. It’s the same strategy they used during the 2022 NLDS, which the “Boys in Blue” lost 3-1. Now the Dodgers hope to avenge that series.

ESPN reported Friday that bookmakers have declared the Dodgers and Yankees the title favorites. Yoshinobu Yamamoto will take the mound for the Dodgers while RHP Dylan Cease will start for the Padres.

Game 1 is scheduled for Saturday, October 5 at Dodger Stadium in Elysian Park.

This story was reported from Los Angeles.