Some highlights from Joe Torre's pregame session with the media:
- Rafael Furcal is unavailable tonight, but he feels better. He will likely miss the remainder of the series with Pittsburgh
- Manny Ramirez will likely begin a rehabilitation assignment (location to be determined) this week, and will likely be activated on May 8, the first day he is eligible to come off the disabled list
- Jeff Weaver will throw a 40 to 45-pitch bullpen session Saturday, and if that goes well he will go on a rehab assignment as well this week. Weaver is eligible to be activated Friday, May 7.
Here are the lineups:
| Pirates | Dodgers | |||
| 2B | Iwamura | LF | Paul | |
| 3B | LaRoche | C | Martin | |
| CF | McCutchen | RF | Ethier | |
| RF | Jones | CF | Kemp | |
| LF | Church | 1B | Loney | |
| C | Doumit | 3B | Blake | |
| 1B | Clement | 2B | DeWitt | |
| P | Morton | SS | Carroll | |
| SS | Crosby | P | Billingsley | |