The Los Angeles Dodgers look to improve on their 19-4 record at home Friday night as they welcome the Houston Astros to Chavez Ravine for a weekend series. Clayton Kershaw starts the series opener for the Dodgers, looking to extend his scoreless streak of 22 consecutive innings.
Lucas Harrell gets the start for Houston, winners of three straight games themselves.
Jerry Hairston Jr. returns from the disabled list tonight after missing 16 games with a strained left hamstring. Hairston is playing third base batting fifth for the Dodgers.
Here are the starting lineups for Friday's series opener at Dodger Stadium:
Astros (21-23)
Altuve 2B
Lowrie SS
Martinez LF
Lee 1B
Downs RF
Maxwell CF
Johnson 3B
Snyder C
Harrell P
Dodgers (30-14)
Gwynn CF
Herrera 2B
Abreu LF
Ethier RF
Hairston 3B
Loney 1B
Ellis C
Gordon SS
Kershaw P
Friday's 7:10 p.m. PDT game will be televised by Prime Ticket. For more news and information on the Dodgers, be sure to read True Blue LA.
