The Dodgers get an enormous slugger again to begin the sequence with the Brewers at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday as J.D. Martinez returns to the beginning lineup after lacking per week with a decrease physique subject. Martinez final performed two Sundays in the past, going 1-5 in opposition to Rich Hill and the Padres. He missed the subsequent 7 video games after getting an epidural injection with the hopes of fixing his not nicely defined leg/groin space harm.
LA opted to not place Martinez on the injured record over this final stretch of video games.
The veteran DH is hitting .260/.312/.558 with 25 dwelling runs and 76 RBI in 88 video games this season. He’s twice missed time with this mysterious harm and in addition frolicked on the injured record earlier within the 12 months with a again subject.
With Martinez again in there, Dave Roberts is working out his “A” lineup in opposition to the Milwaukee right-hander Adrian Houser. LA counters with rookie Bobby Miller who’s making his 14th begin of the season.
Rookie Hurler Joins the Roster
Outdoors of JD, the Dodgers additionally known as up rookie pitcher Gus Varland who has had fairly an adventurous season up to now. Initially drafted by the A’s in 2018, the Dodgers acquired the pitcher in a 2021 trade that despatched two gamers again to Oakland. The membership misplaced Varland to the Milwaukee Brewers within the Rule 5 draft this offseason the place he ultimately made his MLB debut earlier this 12 months. Nonetheless, he was returned to the Dodgers late in May after Milwaukee took him off of their energetic roster.
Tonight, he might make his Dodger debut in opposition to the Brewers.
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