Dodgers Release Lineup as Team Tries to Avoid Sweep vs. Giants
The Los Angeles Dodgers have released their lineup ahead of Thursday's game against the San Francisco Giants.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are taking on the San Francisco Giants at 12:45 p. m. in the last of a three-game series.
The Giants (11-13) took the first two games, making Thursday’s game of extra importance for the Dodgers (16-8), who until recently had the best record in baseball. Now, however, the Dodgers don’t even hold the lead in their own division, falling behind the San Diego Padres on a tiebreaker due to those losses to the Giants. Who is in the Dodgers lineup on Thursday?
The Dodgers went with a pretty standard lineup for the second game of the series, putting just about all of their big stars in the batting order as they tried to bounce back. Despite that, they were unable to score a run, falling 3-0 to San Francisco. Now, they’l get another try on Thursday.
Despite manager Dave Roberts saying that two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani could be out of the lineup entirely , he remains the designated hitter at the leadoff spot. The big changes come in the top four of the order. Kyle Tucker moves back from batting second to hitting fourth, while Freddie Freeman takes over the No.