LOS ANGELES CA - AUGUST 04: Starting pitcher Vicente Padilla #44 of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrates after the final out in the ninth inning against the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium on August 4 2010 in Los Angeles California. The Dodgers defeated the Padres 9-0. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images)
Vicente Padilla returns from the disabled list tonight to make his first start since August 15, as he had a bulging disc in his neck. He will be facing a reeling Padres team, who has lost 10 straight games, but is still in first place in the National League West.
Since the All-Star break, the Dodger starting pitchers have been very good. Their top five pitchers have 33 quality starts in 43 opportunities, or 76.7% of the time.
| Pitcher | Starts | QS | IP | IP/GS | W-L | H | R | ER | BB | K | ERA | WHIP |
| Kuroda | 10 | 8 | 67.2 | 6.77 | 3-5 | 47 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 57 | 2.66 | 0.901 |
| Billingsley | 10 | 8 | 64.1 | 6.43 | 4-4 | 51 | 21 | 19 | 23 | 41 | 2.66 | 1.150 |
| Kershaw | 10 | 8 | 64.0 | 6.40 | 2-5 | 58 | 25 | 22 | 26 | 63 | 3.09 | 1.313 |
| Lilly | 7 | 6 | 45.1 | 6.48 | 5-1 | 31 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 43 | 3.18 | 0.860 |
| Padilla | 6 | 3 | 35.1 | 5.89 | 2-2 | 27 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 25 | 3.82 | 1.132 |
| Monasterios | 5 | 0 | 20.2 | 4.13 | 0-3 | 28 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 4.79 | 1.548 |
| McDonald | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 5.00 | 0-1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7.20 | 2.200 |
| Totals | 49 | 33 | 302.1 | 6.17 | 16-21 | 251 | 116 | 107 | 90 | 250 | 3.19 | 1.128 |
John Lindsey will wear number 35 for the Dodgers, previously worn this year by Ramon Ortiz and Jack Taschner; Russ Mitchell will wear number 9. To make room on the 40-man roster, as expected, the Dodgers transferred Russell Martin to the 60-day disabled list, per Dylan Hernandez of the LA Times.
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