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Matt Kemp hit his 12th home run of the season.
The Los Angeles Dodgers look for a win on getaway day in Houston, facing the Astros in the final game of a three-game set at Minute Maid Park. The Dodgers wrap up their six-game road trip, looking to go 3-3. Ted Lilly gets the start for the Dodgers, while rookie Aneury Rodriguez takes the mound for Houston. Andre Ethier and Rod Barajas are each out of the lineup for a third straight day after suffering injuries on Sunday in Chicago. Here are today's starting lineups.
Furcal SS
Carroll 2B
Loney 1B
Kemp CF
Gibbons RF
Navarro C
Sands LF
Miles 3B
Lilly P
Bourn CF
Sanchez SS
Pence RF
Lee LF
Johnson 3B
Wallace 1B
Hall 2B
Towles C
Rodriguez P
Today's 11:05 a.m. PDT game will be televised by Prime Ticket. For more news and information on the Dodgers, or on tonight's game, be sure to read the SB Nation blog True Blue LA.
The Dodgers look for a series win in Houston on getaway day Wednesday against the Astros, as Ted Lilly faces Aneury Rodriguez at Minute Maid Park. The Dodgers snapped a three-game losing streak Tuesday night with a 5-4 win, propelled by rookies Jerry Sands, Rubby De La Rosa, and Javy Guerra. The Dodgers have lost six out of their last seven three-game series, and are just 8-14 in May.
Andre Ethier has been out of the starting lineup in each of the last two games after suffering multiple injuries running into the right field wall in Chicago on Sunday. He has pinch hit in each of the first two games of this series, collecting an RBI single Monday night and an intentional walk on Tuesday. Catcher Rod Barajas, who sprained his right wrist Sunday, has missed the last two games and is expected to miss today as well, using Thursday's off day to give the backstop four full days off.
Lilly is 7-2 with a 2.36 ERA in 13 career starts against the Astros. It's the lowest ERA Lilly has against any team in his career. Lilly is 3-4 this season with a 4.71 ERA in 10 starts, but he also has a streak of 22 straight starts with two or fewer walks. He allowed three runs in seven innings in his last start on Friday against the White Sox.
Rodriguez is a rookie making his fifth career start. The 23-year old Dominican, who started the season in the bullpen for Houston, is 0-2 with a 5.72 ERA this year. He has not pitched longer than 5 1/3 innings in any of his four starts.
Today's 11:05 a.m. PDT game will be televised by Prime Ticket. For more news and information on the Dodgers, or on tonight's game, be sure to read the SB Nation blog True Blue LA.
Dodgers Fall In Ninth Inning To Astros, 2-1
For the second time in three days, the Dodgers lost in Houston on an RBI single in the ninth inning. On Wednesday afternoon at Minute Maid Park, J.R. Towles delivered an RBI single -- snapping an 0-for-32 slump coming into today's game -- with two outs in the final frame off Matt Guerrier, giving the Astros a 2-1 win. The Dodgers dropped a series for the ninth time in their last 10 series.
Ted Lilly allowed a home run on his first pitch of the game, to Michael Bourn, but settled down after that, allowing just one run in his six innings. He was removed for a pinch hitter in the seventh inning. Matt Kemp provided the only Dodger offense today, with a solo home run in the sixth inning, his 12th long ball of the season.
Anuery Rodriguez was making just his fifth major league start, and allowed one run to the Dodgers in six innings. The Dodgers, who are 8-16 in their last 24 games, have Thursday off before heading home to face Florida on Friday night.
For more news and information on the Dodgers, or on today's game, be sure to read the SB Nation blog True Blue LA.
May 25 2:40p by Eric Stephen