The Dodgers starting lineup for Thursday midday game against the previously struggling Colorado Rockies is as follows:

Matt Kemp (CF)
Andre Either (RF)
Nomar Garciaparra (SS)
Manny Ramirez (LF)
Russell Martin (C)
James Loney (1B)
Casey Blake (3B)
Angel Berroa (2B)
Derek Lowe (P)

... hot-hitting regular second baseman Jeff Kent is out of the lineup today because manager Joe Torre wanted to get him a day off to rest with a sure-to-be-grueling, 10-day road trip on deck.

"If we can just give him a little blow today," that's what we're looking to do, Torre said. "And we have another bat off the bench."

-- Mirjam Swanson
-- mswanson@PE.com

1 Comments

Dustin on August 21, 2008 2:19 PM said:

Does Torre know that Kent is a career .114 hitter off the bench?

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