San Diego Padres pitcher Yu Darvish delivers against the Dodgers in Game 2 of the NLDS on Sunday.

(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

With the exception of the three months he actually played for the team in 2017, Yu Darvish, the Padres’ starter for Game 5, has spent most of his major league career tormenting the Dodgers.

In 15 regular-season starts against them, Darvish has a 2.27 ERA (his second-lowest against any team, behind only Philadelphia) and 104 strikeouts in 91⅓ innings. He has won both of his postseason meetings with the Dodgers, including his seven-inning, one-run gem in Game 2 last weekend.

While the 38-year-old no longer has the most overpowering stuff, his reputation as a “crafty” pitcher, as Ohtani put it Thursday, still holds up.

In Game 2, Darvish recorded just three strikeouts, but limited the Dodgers to three hits with his eight-pitch mix.

“Just be ready to hit,” Roberts said of how the Dodgers can adjust in Game 5. “He’s not giving in, but if he throws his slider, curveball into the strike zone or makes a mistake with the fastball, you gotta be ready are to hit it. I think if we can put pressure on him early, that will put us in a good position.”

One notable blemish on Darvish’s resume: his 0-2 record in winner-take-all postseason games.

In his rookie season of 2012, Darvish was the losing pitcher in the American League wild-card game against the Texas Rangers, despite giving up only three runs (two earned) in 6⅔ innings. And then, of course, there was his infamous Game 7 start for the Dodgers in the 2017 World Series, when he scored five runs (four earned) in less than two innings by the Houston Astros.

Does that memory still haunt Darvish?

“Obviously I remember that time,” he said Thursday. “But it’s like, how many years ago was that? So…I don’t really focus on that time. Besides, I’m wearing a different uniform now.”