Dodgers at Angels, 6:05PM PT, TV: SPNLA, FSW
Down I-5 (or maybe up, considering they just played four games in San Diego) to Anaheim, home of the Angels. Pujols and Trout versus Greinke and Kershaw. The Angels are 5-5 over their last ten games, which has left them 5 1/2 games behind the Astros in the AL West and 2 1/2 games behind in the race for the AL’s second Wild Card.
Today the Dodgers send Zack Greinke out in search of his 16th win to go along with his MLB-leading ERA of 1.59. The Angels send out Nick Tropeano, who’s had three separate single-game stints with the team earlier in the year and is a September call-up. He’s 1-2 with a 5.51 ERA in MLB this year. In his tours with the AAA Salt Lake City Bees he was 3-6 with a 4.81 ERA.
Odd fact: “The Angels lead the all-time series against the Dodgers, 57-46. But the Dodgers swept the Angels in August and have won the last six meetings.”
Lineup when available.
Updated lineup*:
Crawford LF
Utley 2B
Gonzalez DH
Turner 3B
Ethier RF
Seager SS
*Ellis C
Van Slyke 1B
Pederson CF
(Greinke P)
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 7, 2015