The Dodgers are looking to bounce back from a 10-0 drubbing at the hands of the Rockies last night, and they'll hope do it without left-fielder Shane Victorino in the lead-off spot.
The Dodgers fell flat on their face in recently-acquired Josh Beckett's debut last night, managing to scratch out only four hits against soft-tossing lefty Jeff Francis and the Rockies bullpen.
Victorino, who has led off every game he's started since he was traded from the Philadelphia Phillies, has been struggling of late, hitting just .200 over his last 10 games with an on-base-percentage of .273. The Dodgers will need more out of the lead off spot if they hope to catch the San Francisco Giants, who they head into tonight's action trailing by 2.5 games in the NL.
Game time is 5:40 p.m. PT and the game will be televised on KCAL.
- Ellis 2B
- Victorino LF
- Kemp CF
- Gonzalez 1B
- Ramirez SS
- Ethier RF
- Kennedy 3B
- Ellis C
- Capuano P
- Colvin CF
- Rutledge SS
- Pacheco 1B
- Rosario C
- Nelson 3B
- Brown RF
- Lemahieu 2B
- Blackmon LF
- Chatwood P