Share Facebook Twitter (Via) After a 3-1 loss to the Blue Jays (15-15) on Sunday, the Dodgers bounced back in impressive fashion last night, beating the Diamondbacks (13-17) 8-4 in their series opener. James Paxton continued to look shaky on the mound yet picked up the win, somehow now sitting at 3-0 with a 3.51 ERA.
The offense brought 44 batters to the plate with ten hits and eight walks and managed to do so without a single strikeout. The last time the Dodgers had a game in which they didn’t strikeout was 2006. Rafael Furcal was hitting leadoff, Kenny Lofton hit second, Nomar Garciaparra was hitting cleanup, and Brad Penny was on the mound.
Tonight’s matchup features the left-handed veteran Jordan Montgomery making his third start with Arizona, up against Landon Knack making the third start of his career. 6:40 P.M.
Phoenix SS Betts RF McCarthy (L) DH Ohtani (L) LF Gurriel Jr. 1B Freeman (L) 2B Marte (S) C Smith 1B Walker RF T. Hernández DH Pederson (L) 3B Hernández, K.
3B Suárez CF Pages C Moreno 2B Rojas CF Carroll (L) LF Taylor SS Newman P Knack (R) P Montgomery (L) Both teams will keep things relatively similar to last night with a couple slight changes. Knack is right-handed, so Jake McCarthy and Joc Pederson will start for Arizona over Randal Grichuk and Blaze Alexander . Max Muncy will have the day off with Kiké Hernandez playing third base in his place.
There’s a bit of an interesting quirk in the lineup today, with Miguel Rojas playing second base and.
