Dodgers-Yankees World Series: Jack Flaherty, Gerrit Cole to start Game 1 at Dodger Stadium [Video]

LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Jack Flaherty will be the Dodgers’ starting pitcher for Game 1 of the World Series, manager Dave Roberts said Tuesday.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the Japanese star acquired by the Dodgers this season, will start Game 2.

The Yankees have already announced reigning AL Cy Young winner Gerrit Cole as their starter to launch the series Friday at Dodger Stadium.

Dodgers fans are talking about how excited they are for Friday’s start to the World Series against the Yankees.

Both starters are Southern California natives. Flaherty is from Burbank and played for Harvard-Westlake. Cole grew up in Orange County and pitched for Orange Lutheran High School. He was drafted by the Yankees out of high school but elected to attend UCLA before turning pro.

World Series Game 1: Jack Flaherty will start for the Dodgers and Gerrit Cole will take the mound for the Yankees. Both are SoCal natives.

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