LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers are utilizing the same lineup on Sunday as they did on Saturday as they attempt to take a commanding National League Divsion Series lead over the Padres.
Yu Darvish begins for the Padres in Game 2, the second of three consecutive right-handed beginning pitchers for San Diego in this sequence. So it’s not that a lot of a shock that the Dodgers are utilizing what has been their common lineup towards righties for the final seven weeks.
The solely query for now could be the well being of Freddie Freeman’s sprained ankle and the torn adductor muscle for Miguel Rojas. Both performed by way of it in Game 1 and contributed. Freeman singled twice and (*1*).
“I would say Freddie wasn’t moving good, but he steals a bag and plays possum on us,” Padres supervisor Mike Shildt.
NLDS Game 2 lineups
| Padres | Pos | Dodgers | Pos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Padres | Pos | Dodgers | Pos |
| Arráez (L) | 1B | Ohtani (L) | DH |
| Tatis Jr. | RF | Bettts | RF |
| Profar (S) | LF | Freeman (L) | 1B |
| Machado | 3B | T.Hernández | LF |
| Merrill (L) | CF | Muncy (L) | 3B |
| Bogaerts | SS | Smith | C |
| Cronenworth (L) | 2B | Lux (L) | 2B |
| Peralta (L) | DH | Edman (S) | CF |
| Higashioka | C | Rojas | SS |
“He was very gutsy. He just willed himself into the lineup. He was certainly medicated,” Dave Roberts stated with amusing. “He’s doing whatever he can to get on the field, man.”
Rojas singled in Game 1, and likewise made a pleasant catch over his shoulder that helped Blake Treinen escape a precarious eighth inning.
Mookie Betts has confronted Darvish greater than another Dodger, with 42 plate appearrances, hitting .211/.286/.395 with a house run and 4 doubles. Freeman has hit .257/.333/.514 with two residence runs and three doubles in 39 PA towards Darvish.
Shohei Ohtani has solely confronted Darvish throughout this season, on March 20 in Seoul and April 14 at Dodger Stadium. Ohtani has a single and two strikeouts in 5 at-bats towards the Japanese right-hander.
Jack Flaherty begins for the Dodgers on Sunday. The two Padres who've confronted him most are Manny Machado, 2-for-8 with a double however eight walks, and Jurickson Profar, with two residence runs and two doubles in 11 at-bats towards Flaherty.
San Diego did make one change to their lineup on Sunday, inserting left-handed hitter and outdated good friend David Peralta as the designated hitter, batting eighth somewhat than the right-handed Donovan Solano, who performed first base in Game 1. The change has Luis Arráez taking part in first base after DH-ing on Saturday.
