The Los Angeles Dodgers are coming off a commanding 8-2 win over the San Diego Padres, which put the team back in a tie for first place in the NL West.
Now, the defending champions will look to carry their explosive performance into Monday’s series opener against the Cincinnati Reds.
Right-handed pitcher Emmet Sheehan will be on the mound for the Dodgers. In his last start, Sheehan gave up four earned runs with seven strikeouts in six innings against the Colorado Rockies.
Opposite Sheehan is Reds right-hander Hunter Greene, who is sporting a 2.63 ERA with 91 strikeouts across 72 innings of work this season.
Will Smith is back in the lineup after getting Sunday’s game off. Miguel Rojas is starting at second for Monday’s series opener against the Reds.
Dodgers Starting Lineup
- Shohei Ohtani, DH
- Mookie Betts, SS
- Freddie Freeman, 1B
- Will Smith, C
- Teoscar Hernandez, RF
- Alex Freeland, 3B
- Michael Conforto, LF
- Andy Pages, CF
- Miguel Rojas, 2B
How to Watch Dodgers vs Reds on Monday
First pitch for Dodgers vs. Reds on Monday, August 25 is 7:10 p.m. PT. The game will be broadcast on SNLA.
Photo Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images
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Is there anyone that can explain to me why Conforto continues to get starts? Not only are his results painful, but his at bats are mostly terrible. He has a few good ones, but even those result in outs 80% of the time. He jumped away feom the plate on a strike 3 pitch that was nearly down the middle.
Hes been given more than enough rope.
No one here can explain it. And no one on the team, but yet there he is batting 7th with his snappy .183 BA and 9 Ks in his last 17 ABs (in 7 games), and no hits either. Yet there he is in LF and likely giving away 4 outs in his plate appearances. It’s frustrating for fans. Why they signed him is a mystery, and why they did nothing at the trade deadline is an even bigger one. Well, they did give away Dustin May, not like they need arms or anything.
It seems like forever that sports fans lament about players getting cut by their team. Yeah, it’s a shame. I would love the heartache of being let go by my team after I had just collected 18 million dollars just for one unproductive season (Michael Conforto). That is after he received tens of millions of dollars in past years. Besides, he is still, at this point, a Dodger. Generally, I have a very difficult time sympathizing with players in any sport. Maybe I’m just jealous.
To me, this has been a very strange season. There is only one .300 hitter in the NL. Pitchers spend more time on the IL. The game has changed so much. Being the old person that I am, the last time the major leagues had offensive numbers as low as this year (1968), Denny McClain won 31 games, Bob Gibson had a 1.12 ERA, and I think that the AL had only one .300 hitter (Yaz). I am too lazy to look up the official statistics so please cut me some slack. After that season the major leagues lowered the pitching mound and it helped the offense in 1969. The difference is that this year and the last few years, there have been a lot of home runs. Does this make for a more exciting game? Will MLB change the rules like enlarging the bases, the pitch timer, how many times a pitch can throw to first base and the one rule that has not helped the offense at all, the infield “shift rule”. I personally don’t believe that these changes have affected the game other than making the game time shorter. Is there anything that can REALLY improve the game or is the game just fine the way it is? Strange season.