Julio Urias makes his major league debut on Friday night against the Mets, thrust into the beginning of the Dodgers' 2015 NLCS road trip gauntlet, facing two teams that have the best and tied for fourth-best record in the National League in 2016.
New York is 27-19 this season, a game behind Washington in the NL East, and is 8-6 since leaving Los Angeles two weeks ago after splitting four games with the Dodgers. The Mets enter play Friday night winners of their last six games.
After three games against the Mets in New York, the Dodgers move on to Chicago to play the Cubs (31-14).