Yasiel Puig‘s benching lasted half a game.
Puig is back at the top of the Dodgers’ batting order today with the San Diego Padres in town. The rest of the lineup has a very normal look to it with Hyun-Jin Ryu on the mound.
There will be no (re-)rematch between the Dodgers and Carlos Quentin. The 31-year-old outfielder, who broke Zack Greinke‘s clavicle in April, is having season-ending knee surgery. Greinke is scheduled to start Sunday.
San Diego is also giving Chase Headley a second consecutive game off. The third baseman came down with back spasms Tuesday in Phoenix and hasn’t played since. No word yet whether Headley, who hit 31 home runs last season but has been stuck on eight since July 27, will be available off the bench.
Left-hander Eric Stults, whose first eight seasons were spent in the Dodgers’ organization, starts for San Diego. He’s 1-2 with a 3.75 earned-run average in four career starts against his former team.
Leave your jackets at home — it’s 90 degrees with a slight breeze.
Here are both teams’ lineups for the 7 p.m. game:
Yasiel Puig RF
Carl Crawford LF
Hanley Ramirez SS
Adrian Gonzalez 1B
A.J. Ellis C
Andre Ethier CF
Mark Ellis 2B
Juan Uribe 3B
Hyun-Jin Ryu P
Chris Denorfia RF
Will Venable CF
Jedd Gyorko 2B
Yonder Alonso 1B
Jesus Guzman LF
Logan Forsythe 3B
Nick Hundley C
Ronny Cedeno SS
Eric Stults P