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If there’s anything more surprising over the last week than Carlos Frias having one of the best outings of his career against the Cardinals last weekend, I haven’t heard of it. He played stopper (with the help of a Yasmani Grandal 3-run home run) on Saturday and got the Dodgers their only win in St. Louis.
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Los Angeles
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2B
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Wong
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CF
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Pederson
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3B
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Carpenter
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C
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Grandal
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LF
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Holliday
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1B
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Gonzalez
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SS
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Peralta
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3B
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Turner
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1B
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Reynolds
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RF
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Ethier
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RF
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Heyward
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LF
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Guerrero
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C
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Molina
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SS
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Rollins
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Jay
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2B
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Hernandez
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P
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Wacha (R)
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P
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Frias (R)
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Tonight, after a terrible ending to Wednesday night’s game, Frias will look to stifle the Redbird offense again. If it means anything (and it doesn’t, really, against a good team), the Dodgers are 21-7 at home, and it’s nice to be out of Baseball Hell that is Coors Field.
The offense looks a bit different tonight. Howie Kendrick is getting the night off after banging his knee while sliding into third last night. Grandal seems to be the main beneficiary, as he jumps up to the No. 2 spot. And we all know what happened the last time he hit in the No. 2 spot. Enrique Hernandez starts at second base for Kendrick.
Kenley Jansen apparently was dehydrated last night, which led to a headache and stomach ache — and not just for him. Adam Liberatore (who pitched great in the eighth inning), Yimi Garcia and Chris Hatcher couldn’t preserve a 2-run lead. Fortunately, Jansen is OK and available tonight.
On the farm, Hector Olivera made his U.S. debut with the Tulsa Drillers. At press time, he’s 1-for-2 with an infield single and a walk.
Olivera with an infield single in his second PA #dodgers #drillers http://t.co/1aiEhi9chq
— Casey Mysticism (@seebygoldma) June 5, 2015
Yasiel Puig is in Lancaster with the Quakes and hit a double in his first at-bat. If all goes well, he’ll be back next week (woohoo!).
Watch Dodgers OF Yasiel Puig blast a double off CF wall in T1 for Rancho Cucamonga at Lancaster. Leg looked fine. http://t.co/VBxnLJJz0M
— Tony Ciniglio 🌶 🥑 🌶 (@TCiniglio) June 5, 2015
And this isn’t usually good, but it’s something worth keeping an eye on going forward for Zach Lee.
[table id=5 /]Zach Lee experiencing tingling in fingers, in LA for examination http://t.co/0EM9shyYPe pic.twitter.com/SOlK0EIuwU
— Eric Stephen (@ericstephen) June 5, 2015
