Jack Flaherty will start Game 1 for the Los Angeles Dodgers

LOS ANGELES – Jack Flaherty will start for the Los Angeles Dodgers in their World Series opener against the New York Yankees.

The right-hander will face Gerrit Cole in a hometown matchup at Dodger Stadium on Friday night.

Flaherty is from nearby Burbank and attended high school at Harvard-Westlake in Los Angeles. Cole is from Tustin, Orange County, attended high school at Orange Lutheran and was a pitcher at UCLA.

“Obviously Jack was really good for us,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said in a video conference with reporters on Tuesday. “The experience, the way of managing a trip, he’s seen it all.”

Right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto – the $325 million rookie – will start Saturday’s Game 2, Roberts also announced. And the manager added that there would be a bullpen game at some point during the best-of-seven series.

Flaherty made three starts in these playoffs with a 7.04 ERA. He struggled in his last start against the New York Mets in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series, giving up eight earned runs and four walks in three innings.

Flaherty had dominated in Game 1 against the Mets, giving up just two hits in seven innings.

He was traded from the Detroit Tigers to the Dodgers at the July trade deadline.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.