The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants will break a National League West deadlock on Saturday night, when they play the second in a three-game series at Dodger Stadium.

The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants enter the weekend's series within one game of each other atop the loaded NL West.

The NL West rivalry returns with full force as the Los Angeles Dodgers host the San Francisco Giants in Game 1 of a three-game series at Dodger Stadium this Friday. With both teams neck-and-neck in the standings – Dodgers at 41-28 and Giants right behind at 40-28 – this opener could set the tone for a division-shifting weekend.

After dispatching one second-place team during the week, the Los Angeles Dodgers will face another one when they host the San Francisco Giants on Friday in the start of a three-game weekend series.

After not facing the Padres or Giants until this week, the Dodgers will face those two NL West rivals for 10 consecutive games with their division lead just one game.

Starting Friday night, the Giants will start a three-game set with the Dodgers, with first place in the National League West on the line. Yes, we’re not even halfway through the baseball season — have you even put in an All-Star ballot yet? — but did anyone expect the Giants to be in such a position last October? What about in January?