Puig gets start with Dodgers' season at stake
The Los Angeles Dodgers overhauled their lineup approaching Game 4 with their season on the line, slotting Yasiel Puig into right field and batting him sixth.
| No. | Player | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enrique Hernandez | CF |
| 2 | Howie Kendrick | 2B |
| 3 | Adrian Gonzalez (L) | 1B |
| 4 | Justin Turner | 3B |
| 5 | Corey Seager (L) | SS |
| 6 | Yasiel Puig | RF |
| 7 | A.J. Ellis | C |
| 8 | Justin Ruggiano | LF |
| 9 | Clayton Kershaw | P |
It will be the first postseason start of the season for Puig, who has missed considerable time with hamstring issues.
Manager Don Mattingly also moved Enrique Hernandez into the lead-off spot, while slotting Justin Ruggiano into left field for his first start of the series.
The New York Mets will stick with the same lineup from Game 3, with one minor tweak: They flipped first baseman Lucas Duda's and catcher Travis d'Arnaud's spots in the batting order.
| No. | Player | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curtis Granderson (L) | RF |
| 2 | David Wright | 3B |
| 3 | Daniel Murphy (L) | 2B |
| 4 | Yoenis Cespedes | LF |
| 5 | Travis d'Arnaud | C |
| 6 | Lucas Duda (L) | 1B |
| 7 | Wilmer Flores | SS |
| 8 | Juan Lagares | CF |
| 9 | Steven Matz | P |
Duda has struggled throughout the postseason so far, hitting .182/.250/.182 without a home run or RBI, while d'Arnaud has hit .250/.250/.500 with one home run and three RBIs across three games.
New York will also stick with Juan Lagares in center field. Lagares doubled and scored three runs out of the nine-hole for the Mets in Game 3.