With a wild come-from-behind victory on Saturday, the Los Angeles Dodgers at minimum guaranteed themselves a winning record on their seven-game road trip. But they can punctuate it by completing a three-game sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers.
Having used several relievers over the past two games, the Dodgers would certainly benefit from Kenta Maeda providing length. However, the right-hander has yet to surpass five innings pitched in his two starts since returning from the disabled list.
Maeda threw a career-high 8.1 innings prior to landing on the DL with left hamstring tightness. He’s completed five innings or less in seven of nine starts this season.
Maeda enters 4-2 with a 5.21 ERA and 1.28 WHIP. Of the current Brewers, he’s only faced Jonathan Villar and Ryan Bruan. Villar is 1-for-6, while Braun has three hits in five at-bats but is on the disabled list.
The Dodgers face Zach Davies, who enters 5-3 with a 5.18 ERA and 1.64 WHIP in 11 starts this season. Davies has allowed a minimum of two runs in 10 outings, and at least one home run in eight starts.
Yasmani Grandal and Corey Seager have homered off the right-hander. So too have Trayce Thompson and Justin Turner, though Thompson is with Triple-A Oklahoma City, and Turner remains on the DL.
Logan Forsythe returns to the lineup after missing one game because of a right hip/groin issue. Chris Taylor, who leads the Dodgers with a .985 on-base plus slugging percentage, hits third.
Other changes include Austin Barnes starting at second base and Kiké Hernandez in right field.
Dodgers lineup:
3B: Logan Forsythe
SS: Corey Seager
CF: Chris Taylor
1B: Adrian Gonzalez
LF: Cody Bellinger
C: Yasmani Grandal
2B: Austin Barnes
RF: Kiké Hernandez
P: Kenta Maeda
Brewers lineup:
2B: Eric Sogard
LF: Eric Thames
1B: Jesus Aguilar
3B: Travis Shaw
RF: Domingo Santana
C: Many Pina
CF: Keon Broxton
SS: Orlando Arcia
P: Zach Davies