Game 5 of NLDS on Thursday - Batting Practice, Pregame Info and Other Stuff!

Game 5 of the NLDS is Thursday evening against the New York Mets.  Below are various odds and ends for this game.  Go here for information about purchasing parking passes and alternative transportation choices to the game.  GET THERE EARLY!

Extreme Loaded Dog

• Inferno Bacon Wrapped All-Beef Dog, an all-beef hot dog topped with jalapeño relish, tomatoes, sport peppers with ghost chili aioli. It will be available at three Extreme Loaded Dog locations on the field, loge and reserve levels. 
• Half Jidori Chicken with jalapeño cornbread, smoked baked beans, charred corn kernels served on a special pressed palm platter will be available at the Think Blue BBQ at the left-field pavilion plaza. 
• A Steakhouse Stuffed Smoked Gouda Burger on a potato bun with dijonnaise and fries will be available at the Elysian Park Grill on the field level section 22.

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Game 5

Thursday, October 15th at 5:07 PM
RHP Jacob DeGrom vs. RHP Zack Greinke
TBS / AM 570 (Eng.), KTNQ 1020 AM (Span.), AM 1540 (Korean)

Friday's game starts at 5:07 PM.  Auto gates open at 2:00 PM, and stadium gates open at 2:30 PM.  Dodger Stadium Express service from Union Station begins at 2:30 PM.  Dodger batting practice is from 2:05 PM to 3:05 PM.  Mets batting practice is from 3:15 PM to 4:15 PM.  Pregame ceremonies begin at 4:45 PM.  The first 50,000 fans in attendance tomorrow will receive a rally towel.  The left-field plaza will be open to fans to enter and watch batting practice from 2:30 PM to 3:05 PM.

Face painters will be on hand in the left-field plaza and DJ Adam will provide musical entertainment in the right-field plaza from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Actor, director, singer and star of “Heroes Reborn,” Zachary Levi will perform the national anthem.  SportsNet LA broadcaster Orel Hershiser will throw the ceremonial first pitch tomorrow.

• The Military Hero of the Game is U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Antonio Maldonado of Pacoima. Maldonado has served two tours since his enlistment, one in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and one in Okinawa, Japan. Maldonado currently serves at the Recruiting Station Los Angeles and Recruiting Sub-Station Eagle Rock as a station commander.
• The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF) conducts silent auctions throughout the season featuring more than 25 signed pieces of memorabilia from Dodger players, coaches and alumni. Auctions take place behind the Vin Scully press box on the club level. The items for auction tomorrow include a Zack Greinke autographed baseball, Orel Hershiser autographed 1988 World Series baseball and Clayton Kershaw autographed Dodger jersey. The auction will end at 6:45 p.m.

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