Marlins get ready to face defending champ Dodgers in 3-game series

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FILE - Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani (17) of Japan, celebrates aft hitting a treble during the archetypal inning of a shot crippled against the Miami Marlins, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, successful Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File) (Wilfredo Lee, Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

LOS ANGELES – Unable to instrumentality the bid against the Seattle Mariners, the Miami Marlins (12-15) volition proceed their West Coast travel Monday.

It volition arguably beryllium their toughest situation of 2025 erstwhile they unfastened a three-game acceptable against the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers (18-10) astatine Dodger Stadium astatine 10:10 p.m. ET/7:10 p.m. PT.

The Dodgers took 5 of six against the Marlins past season, including a 16-run rout astatine loanDepot parkland successful September – a crippled successful which Shohei Ohtani became the archetypal subordinate successful MLB past to grounds 50 location runs and 50 stolen bases successful a azygous season.

Up archetypal successful the bid for Clayton McCullough’s radical is right-handed pitcher Edward Cabrera, inactive searching for his archetypal triumph of 2025.

Cabrera volition spell toe-to-toe with Dodgers flamethrower Dustin May, who has punched retired 19 successful 22 innings.

Right-handed pitcher Sandy Alcantara volition toed the rubber Tuesday, followed by righty Cal Quantrill successful the bid finale Wednesday afternoon.