The Dodgers and Pirates are at it again, the first night game of the season for both teams.
Joe Torre said today that Vicente Padilla will start Saturday in Miami, and that Charlie Haeger will get the call Sunday. Also, Manny Ramirez and Casey Blake are expected to get the day off tomorrow.
Matt Kemp returns to the number two spot in the batting order, a spot he occupied most of the spring. Russell Martin, who batted second in the opener, is hitting eighth.
Here are the lineups:
Dodgers | Pirates | |||
SS | Furcal | 2B | Iwamura | |
CF | Kemp | CF | McCutchen | |
RF | Ethier | RF | Jones | |
LF | Manny | C | Doumit | |
1B | Loney | LF | Milledge | |
3B | Blake | 1B | Clement | |
2B | DeWitt | 3B | LaRoche | |
C | Martin | P | Ohlendorf | |
P | Kershaw | SS | Cedeño |
Continuation Threads: Part II, Part III
Time: 4:05pm
TV: Prime Ticket