Red-hot Matt Kemp and the Los Angeles Dodgers go for their fourth straight victory on Sunday and a sweep of the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park. Chad Billingsley goes for his third win of the season on the mound for the Dodgers, opposed by Wandy Rodriguez takes the hill for the Astros.
Billingsley is 4-0 with a 1.78 ERA in four career starts at Minute Maid Park.
Juan Uribe missed four straight games while dealing with a wrist injury, but is back in the starting lineup on Sunday against the left-handed Rodriguez. A.J. Ellis, who has started 12 of the first 15 games behind the plate, gets the day game after the night game off as the Dodgers open a homestand Monday night back in Los Angeles. Here are the starting lineups for the series finale in Houston:
Dodgers (12-3)
Gordon SS
Ellis 2B
Kemp CF
Rivera 1B
Ethier RF
Hairston LF
Uribe 3B
Treanor C
Billingsley P
Astros (5-10)
Schafer CF
Lowrie SS
Martinez LF
Lee 1B
Bogusevic RF
Johnson 3B
Castro C
Altuve 2B
Rodriguez P
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