LOS ANGELES >> The Los Angeles Dodgers are hoping this bullpen game goes better than their last one.

The Dodgers are going with a parade of relievers as they try to close out the New York Mets in Game 6 of the NL Championship Series tonight. There has been no word from manager Dave Roberts on who will serve as the opener for the NL West champions.

New York is going with Sean Manaea at Dodger Stadium. The Mets won 12-6 on Friday to send the best-of-7 series back to L.A..

The Dodgers are trying to secure their fourth trip to the World Series in the last eight years. Their only title during that stretch came in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season against Tampa Bay. They haven’t clinched an NL pennant — they own a record 24 — at home since 1988.

“The opportunity to do it here in LA in front of these fans will be very special,” pitcher Evan Phillips said Saturday.

The Dodgers are using a bullpen game for the third time this postseason, and second against the Mets.

“The benefit for us is that bullpen games are somewhat of a regular thing to the point where we’re braced for whatever situation we’re called upon for that day,” Phillips said. “That communication will come to us pregame, and we’ll be ready to go for sure.”

Manaea is 2-0 with a 2.65 ERA in playoff starts, including a Game 2 victory at Dodger Stadium against LA’s bullpen.

“We’ll watch him closely and we’ll be ready and adjust if we need to,” rookie Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said.

Manaea had complained of hitting the wall after his last start, which lasted into the sixth inning.

“I threw a lot of balls arm-side, which hasn’t been typical for me, so I just couldn’t really get that mind-body connection to make the adjustment,” the left-hander said. “I’m just trying to push through that. I hopefully can go deep into the game.”

In Game 2, the Mets got to the Dodgers’ bullpen early, scoring six runs in the first two innings en route to a 7-3 victory. New York snapped the Dodgers’ run of 33 consecutive scoreless innings in the playoffs, too.

“Similar to what we did in Game 2 with the expectation of better execution,” Roberts said of Sunday’s plan.

He suggested the Dodgers would “be a little bit more aggressive” in getting to their high-leverage relievers earlier than they did in Game 2.

Roberts successfully used the bullpen gambit when facing elimination against the San Diego Padres in Game 4 of the NL Division Series. He didn’t hesitate in going to high-leverage relievers Michael Kopech, Alex Vesia and Phillips, who all appeared by the sixth inning. The Dodgers won and closed out the Padres in five games. Vesia is injured and didn’t make the NLCS roster.

Mendoza was weighing a potential lineup of Jesse Winker at DH again and Jeff McNeil back at second base. Winker went 2 for 3 with an RBI triple and McNeil had two RBIs in Friday’s victory.

Roberts, in turn, was plotting his pitching order based on how the Mets construct their lineup.

“It’s an all-hands-on-deck situation,” he said.