Having lost four in a row and their lead in the NL West, the Dodgers entered Friday night's series opener against the surging Padres needing to play with some urgency.

Seventeen years after their first head-to-head matchup, Clayton Kershaw and Max Scherzer met for perhaps the last time in their storied careers on Friday night when the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 5-1.

Max Scherzer and Clayton Kershaw are set to square off in a rare matchup on Friday. Both are members of baseball's 3,000-strikeout club and likely Hall of Famers.

Future Hall of Fame pitchers Clayton Kershaw and Max Scherzer will face off against each other on Friday, so we analyzed the numbers behind their greatness.

On Friday night, two future first-ballot Hall of Famers in Clayton Kershaw and Max Scherzer will face off for perhaps the final time.

Starting pitcher Blake Snell shut down the Padres over the first six innings, and despite the Dodgers having a bang-up bullpen, the Friars could not score a single run during the stretch of the game. The Padres will have the chance to bounce back on Sunday.

The Dodgers are used to Clayton Kershaw bailing them out, and he did so again Friday night in a huge division showdown against the rival Padres.

Tarik Skubal delivered a quality start for the Tigers on Thursday but fell short of setting a record for dominance on the road.