The Los Angeles Dodgers and Colorado Rockies play a day game in the finale of their brief two-game set at Coors Field this afternoon. Chad Billingsley gets the start for the Dodgers, his second of the season, while Jason Hammel gets the call for the Rockies, making his first start of the season. Casey Blake has been activated from the disabled list for the Dodgers, and he is batting second and playing third base today. Here are today's lineups:
Dodgers (3-2)
Furcal SS
Blake 3B
Ethier RF
Kemp CF
Loney 1B
Uribe 2B
Paul LF
Barajas C
Billingsley P
Xavier Paul gets the start in left field today. The Dodgers have had three left fielders (Paul, Tony Gwynn Jr., Marcus Thames) each start two games so far this season.
Rockies (2-1)
Fowler CF
Smith RF
Gonzalez LF
Tulowitzki SS
Helton 1B
Lopez 2B
Stewart 3B
Iannetta C
Hammel P
Today's 12:10 p.m. PDT game will be televised on Prime Ticket. The Dodgers are off on Thursday, and play in San Diego this weekend.
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