LEADING OFF: Giants-Dodgers cap 4-game Division Series slate

A look at what's happening around the majors Friday:

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FOR BEST FROM THE WEST

The 107-win Giants and 106-win Dodgers are ready to throw out all those wins and settle their season-long clash with a best-of-five NL Division Series in San Francisco.

It's the first time the rivals have met in the postseason despite going way, way back to their memorable days in New York. In 1951 and ’62, the clubs faced off in a best-of-three NL tiebreaker, with the Giants winning both times.

They were about as even as you can get meeting head-to-head this year: the Giants won the season series 10-9, while the Dodgers outscored San Francisco 80-78.

Logan Webb takes the ball in Game 1 for the Giants in his postseason debut. The right-hander went 10-0 since a May 5 loss at Colorado. Los Angeles will counter with right-hander Walker Buehler, a 16-game winner over 33 starts who went 3-1 against San Francisco this year.

GET IT STARTED

Corbin Burnes and the Milwaukee Brewers' exceptional rotation are set to open an NLDS against Freddie Freeman and the potent Atlanta Braves.

Atlanta has three of the NL’s top four RBI producers in Adam Duvall (113), Austin Riley (107) and Ozzie Albies (106). Freeman had an NL-leading 120 runs scored.

Milwaukee struck out an MLB-leading 1,618 batters, with Burnes (11-5, 2.43 ERA) leading the way in a season that could land him a Cy Young Award.

Burnes will be making his first career postseason start against Braves veteran Charlie Morton (14-6, 3.34) in the opener. Morton is 7-3 with a 3.38 ERA in 13 career postseason appearances, including 10 2/3 scoreless innings for Tampa Bay in last year’s AL Championship Series.

LIMITED SLUGGER

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