Mired in a 2-5 stretch since having their five-game winning streak spanned, the Los Angeles Dodgers look to get back on track in the series opener against the Oakland Athletics.
Kevin Kiermaier is starting in center field and batting eighth for his Dodgers debut. Hunter Feduccia was optioned to Triple-A Oklahoma City as the corresponding move to Kiermaier being added to the active roster.
Amed Rosario is also with the team is Oakland but not yet in the lineup.
Gavin Stone takes the mound Friday night as he too is aiming to turn things around a bit. The right-hander was impressive through June but experienced some regression in July.
Stone went 0-2 with a 6.27 ERA and 6.17 FIP while allowing opponents to bat .369/.400/.643 in four starts last month. However, one of those outings saw him hold the Boston Red Sox to just one run despite giving up six hits and issuing a walk over five-plus innings pitched.
Stone otherwise allowed four runs in each of his other three July starts.
The A’s counter with fellow rookie Joey Estes, who enters 4-4 with a 4.92 ERA and 1.25 WHIP in 14 games (13 starts) this season.
Estes made 13 consecutive starts this year before pitching out of the bullpen against the Los Angeles Angels on July 26. He threw 2.2 scoreless innings in that relief appearance, the first of his career.
The weekend matchup is the Dodgers’ final visit to the Oakland Coliseum before the A’s move to Sutter Health Park in Sacramento, where they will play their home games from 2025-2027 in advance of then relocating to Las Vegas.
Dodgers lineup
DH: Shohei Ohtani
C: Will Smith
2B: Gavin Lux
LF: Teoscar Hernández
RF: Jason Heyward
1B: Cavan Biggio
3B: Kiké Hernández
CF: Kevin Kiermaier
SS: Nick Ahmed
A’s lineup
RF: Lawrence Butler
LF: Miguel Andujar
CF: JJ Bleday
DH: Brent Rooker
C: Shea Langeliers
3B: Abraham Toro
1B: Seth Brown
2B: Zack Gelof
SS: Max Schuemann
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