MLB Playoffs: Dodger fans not welcome at San Diego's Petco Park for NLDS

SAN DIEGO – It's time for postseason baseball!

The San Diego Padres are doing everything they can to ensure they have a true home-field advantage when the National League Division Series takes on the favored Los Angeles Dodgers in “America's Finest City.”

It's a rematch for the division rivals who last faced each other in the playoffs in 2022.

While Dodger Stadium and Petco Park are just over 120 miles apart, it's common for the downtown San Diego stadium to be dominated by Dodger blue in the stands, 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 is the same strategy as in the NLDS 2022, which the “Boys in Blue” lost 3-1. Now the Dodgers hope to avenge this streak.

ESPN reported Friday that bookmakers have made the Dodgers and Yankees favorites for the title. 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.