The Dodgers have lost the first three games of their homestand, getting swept by Cincinnati, and look to get back on track with a series against the Astros, the team with the worst record in the National League. Ted Lilly starts for the Dodgers in Friday's opener, facing Brett Myers of the Astros. Here are tonight's starting lineups:
Astros (25-45)
Bourgeois CF
Keppinger 2B
Pence RF
Lee LF
Johnson 3B
Wallace 1B
Barmes SS
Corporan C
Myers P
Dodgers (31-39)
Gordon SS
Miles 2B
Ethier RF
Kemp CF
Loney 1B
Uribe 3B
Navarro C
Oeltjen LF
Lilly P
Casey Blake is out of the lineup for the sixth straight game with a pinched nerve in his neck. He has appeared in four of the last five games as a pinch hitter. Blake is expected to be available tonight if needed.
Tonight's 7:10 p.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.