In this photo posted to the Dodgers’ Facebook account today (and quite possibly staged), rookie Yasiel Puig points to a clock inside Marlins Park.
Puig was benched (for poor play) and fined (for being late) Tuesday afternoon, only to come back and hit the game-winning home run later in the day.
The Dodgers are facing a familiar hard-throwing right-hander in Nate Eovaldi.
The notable absence from the lineup today? Juan Uribe, who’s hitting .588 (10-for-17) with three doubles, a homer and four RBI through five games on the Dodgers’ road trip. Uribe ranks ninth in the National League with a .355 batting average (22-for-62) in 19 games this month. He’s 9 for 13 (.692) with three RBI in five games against Miami this season — but will have to pull a Puig off the bench to continue his hot streak today.
Here’s the Dodgers’ full lineup:
Carl Crawford LF
Yasiel Puig RF
Adrian Gonzalez 1B
Hanley Ramirez SS
Andre Ethier CF
A.J. Ellis C
Jerry Hairston 3B
Mark Ellis 2B
Zack Greinke P
Here’s how the Marlins line up against the right-handed Greinke:
Christian Yelich LF
Donovan Solano 2B
Giancarlo Stanton RF
Logan Morrison 1B
Ed Lucas 3B
Adeiny Hechavarria SS
Jake Marisnick 8
Koyie Hill C
Nathan Eovaldi P
