Over his Hall-Of-Fame managerial career with the San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants, Bruce Bochy’s teams have been a constant thorn in the side of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Bochy will get one more chance to hurt the Dodgers in their own stadium before he retires at the end of the season as the Giants open a three-game weekend series at Chavez Ravine.
Clayton Kershaw gets the start and is looking to bounce back from a rough outing against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Aug. 31. Kershaw allowed five runs in five innings, marking the first time in his entire career that he had suffered a regular-season loss while his team had scored four or more runs.