Dodgers @ Rockies – June 30, 2019: Maeda to try to salvage split in Colorado

After taking the first game of the series, the Dodgers have lost in very Coors Field ways in the previous two games. Now, they send Kenta Maeda to the hill to try to earn a split with the Rockies.

	Dodgers			Rockies
	12:10 p.m.			Denver, Colo.
LF	Pederson		RF	Blackmon
RF	Beaty		CF	Dahl
SS	Taylor		3B	Arenado
1B	Bellinger		1B	Murphy
2B	Muncy		LF	Tapia
3B	Rios		2B	McMahon
CF	Hernandez		SS	Hampson
C	Martin		C	Wolters
P	Maeda (R)		P	Gonzalez (R)

The Dodgers have now dropped two straight to the Rockies after having won the previous 12 games (dating back to last season).

And there’s also this not-so-surprising statistic.

With a loss today, the #Dodgers would drop back-to-back series for the first time since mid-April (vs St Louis & Milwaukee). They've played 21 full series (this is 22) w/out dropping 2 straight since

— Rick Krajewski (@Rick_K21) June 30, 2019

The lineup is a bit wonky today, with Matt Beaty playing right field, Chris Taylor batting third and Edwin Rios getting his first taste of third base at the MLB level. We’ll see if this lineup can out-slug the Rockies’ lineup, which has put up 18 runs in the last two games.

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One bit of news regarding a couple rehabbing Dodgers in David Freese and A.J. Pollock.

A.J. Pollock and David Freese scheduled to take live batting practice today at CBR. Corey Seager as well possibly. Freese expected back with #Dodgers this week. Pollock/Seager expected to start rehab assignments "middle to end of this week."

— Bill Plunkett (@billplunkettocr) June 30, 2019

Cool.