Dodgers at Diamondbacks, 6:40PM PT, TV: SPNLA
Clayton Kershaw looks to get his 16th win and avenge the drubbing he got the last time he pitched at Chase Field, when he gave up seven runs in 1 2/3 innings. He’ll pitch against Wade Miley, who’s 7-9 with a 4.29 ERA but has a 1.83 ERA in his last three starts.
The D-Backs team Kershaw will face tonight is vastly different from the one that beat him on May 17. Five guys contributed 15 hits, 13 RBI, and 7 extra-base-hits in that game. Four of the five are currently on the D-Backs’ DL, and the fifth has been traded to the Yankees.
Lineup:
#Dodgers lineup at Arizona:
Gordon 2B
Puig CF
Kemp RF
Ramirez SS
Van Slyke LF
Turner 1B
Ellis C
Rojas 3B
Kershaw P
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 27, 2014
Hmm. Van Slyke replaces Crawford in left and Turner replaces Gonzalez at first. I suppose this is just a way of giving those two guys two consecutive days off, with tomorrow being a travel day to San Diego. That seventy-minute flight is tiring, man.