The Los Angeles Dodgers open a six-game homestand on Monday night as the Atlanta Braves come to town for a three-game series. Chris Capuano (1-0, 4.50 ERA) starts on the mound for the Dodgers looking for his second win of the season, while Jair Jurrjens looks for his first win for Atlanta.
The Dodgers are using their opening day eight position players for the seventh time in 17 games this season. Here are Monday's starting lineups, which include every National League Player of the Week winner in 2012, Matt Kemp (first two weeks) and Freddie Freeman (last week, announced Monday):
Braves (10-6)
Bourn CF
Prado 3B
Freeman 1B
Uggla 2B
Diaz LF
Heyward RF
Ross C
Wilson SS
Jurrjens P
Dodgers (12-4)
Gordon SS
Ellis 2B
Kemp CF
Ethier RF
Rivera LF
Loney 1B
Uribe 3B
Ellis C
Capuano P
Monday's 7:10 p.m. PDT game will be televised by Prime Ticket. For more news and notes on Dodgers baseball, like a thorough preview of their series with the Braves, be sure to read True Blue LA.
