losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com - 8/8/2008
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ST. LOUIS -- Joe Torre's plan coming into this series was to give catcher Russell Martin Thursday's day game off, but Torre used the opportunity to also tweak the batting order. Torre said he's considering moving Manny Ramirez from cleanup to the No. 3 spot. For this game, however, he had Jeff Kent batting third ahead of Ramirez. Kent was the cleanup hitter until being displaced by the ...
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Kershaw Gives Dodgers Win to Avoid Sweep
Dem Bums - A Dodgers Blog —
Clayton Kershaw got his second big-league win as the Dodgers beat the Cards 4-1 in the final game of the series. The Dodgers were dealing with a juggled lineup , but scored one in the first and managed to get four runs on eight hits. Russell Martin was given the day off, and backup Danny Ardoin went 1 for 4 with a run in his place. Jeff Kent was also 3 for 4 with two runs, batting just ahead of Manny , who drilled a two-run homerun in the third to put the Dodgers up 3-0. Loney put the Dodgers on board in the first with an RBI-single and Juan Pierre capped off the scoring in the fourth with an RBI-triple. Kershaw threw a phenominal game , holding the Cards to three hits through seven ...
Joe Torre Wants To Shake Up The Lineup
Fire Ned Colletti Now —
He talks about moving Martin out of the 3-hole, moving Manny into the 3-hole, and potentially moving Pierre behind the pitcher. "Torre said he's considering moving Manny Ramirez from cleanup to the No. 3 spot. Torre said he resisted the temptation to move Blake up in the order. He has hit second once and fifth twice, but has been sixth or seventh mostly as a Dodger and hit sixth Thursday. Torre said he and the coaching staff have considered Cardinals manager Tony La Russa's preference for batting his best slugger, Albert Pujols, third, the pitcher ...
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losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com 8/8/2008 — ST. LOUIS -- Jeff Kent likes what he sees of the new-look Dodgers. Kent played a role in the new look Thursday, being moved up to third to bat ahead of new slugger Manny Ramirez. The result for Kent was a three-hit, two-run game. But as Kent points ...
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