Tonight’s lineup: Torre does switcheroo with Ethier, Loney

Ethier is hitting .250 (albeit with a .455 OBP because he has five walks), and Loney is hitting .368 (.429 OBP). So Loney moves up from sixth to fourth while Ethier drops from fourth to sixth. Other than that, the regular lineup is back intact tonight from a personnel standpoint. With Martin hitting between Ethier/Loney, it’s still staggered left-right-left from the three through seven spots. Weird start time tonight, 5:10 local (same as California time). … By the way, MLB had a big press conference here this morning to announce that Chase Field will host the 2011 All-Star Game. If you’re scoring at home, that’s St. Louis for 2009, Anaheim for 2010 and Phoenix for 2011.

Furcal. SS
Hudson. 2B
Ramirez. LF
Loney. 1B
Martin. C
Ethier. RF
Kemp. CF
Blake. 3B
Stults. LHP