Cardinals @ Dodgers June 4, 2015: Looking for a Carlos Frias encore

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.

	Cardinals			Dodgers
	7:10 p.m.			Los Angeles
2B	Wong		CF	Pederson
3B	Carpenter		C	Grandal
LF	Holliday		1B	Gonzalez
SS	Peralta		3B	Turner
1B	Reynolds		RF	Ethier
RF	Heyward		LF	Guerrero
C	Molina		SS	Rollins
CF	Jay		2B	Hernandez
P	Wacha (R)		P	Frias (R)

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!).

https://twitter.com/TCiniglio/status/606637685806112768

And this isn’t usually good, but it’s something worth keeping an eye on going forward for Zach Lee.

Zach Lee experiencing tingling in fingers, in LA for examination http://t.co/0EM9shyYPe pic.twitter.com/SOlK0EIuwU

— Eric Stephen (@ericstephen) June 5, 2015

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