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The Dodgers have placed Hong-Chih Kuo on the 15-day disabled list with a left lower back strain, and recalled Ramon Troncoso from Triple A Albuquerque. The move is retroactive to April 14, meaning the earliest Kuo could be activated is Friday, April 29, which is the opener of a three-game series at home against San Diego. Kuo has only appeared in four games and 2 2/3 innings this season.
Hot Puma Sits
Lance Berkman, who hit two home runs last night and is 10-for-21 with six home runs in his last five games, gets the night off tonight against the southpaw Clayton Kershaw. Berkman's last five games have been all against right-handed pitchers, and on the season he is 0-for-7 with a walk against left-handed pitching. Since the beginning of the 2009 season, Berkman has hit .202/.275/.345 in 247 PA against left-handed pitchers.
Lineups
Juan Uribe, who started 96 games at shortstop last year for the Giants, is starting tonight at shortstop for the first time as a Dodger.
| Cardinals | Dodgers | |||
| SS |
Theriot |
LF | Gwynn | |
| CF |
Rasmus | 3B | Blake | |
| 1B |
Pujols |
RF | Ethier | |
| LF |
Holliday | CF | Kemp | |
| 3B |
Freese | SS | Uribe |
|
| RF |
Craig |
1B | Loney | |
| C |
Laird | C | Barajas |
|
| 2B |
Greene |
2B |
Miles | |
| P |
McClellan |
P | Kershaw |
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Game Time: 7:10 p.m.
TV: Prime Ticket