Tonight at 10:10 p.m. the San Diego Padres (26-30) and Los Angeles Dodgers (23-32) will meet at Dodger Stadium in a game that is chock full of Los Angeles storylines. The game can be live streamed here for free or at MLB.com with a subscription. Dodgers fans can listen to the game on the radio on 570 Fox Sports LA while Padres fans can hear the action on XPRS 1090.
Tonight's game will mark the first time the Dodgers and Padres have met since Zack Greinke had his collarbone broken by a charging Carlos Quentin, who went after him after getting hit by a Greinke pitch.
While Quentin was suspended for eight games by the league for his actions, the Dodgers lost Greinke for more than a month. After the brawl, Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp confronted Quentin and promised retribution. "We will get him," Kemp said. "It may not be next time we see him. It may not be the time after that. It may not be two times after that. But we will get him. I promise."
Kemp will not be active for any return fire toward Quentin, because he is on the disabled list with a hamstring injury. The second major storyline of the night concerns his replacement, highly touted Cuban defector Yasiel Puig.
In 40 games this season at Double A Chattanooga, Puig batted .313 with eight home runs and 37 RBI. Speaking on Puig, Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said, "He's got power. He's got speed. He's got an arm. It's a tooled-up package, but then on the back side of that, you still say it's a young player. You don't want to build him up to the point where it's impossible to live up to expectations.
Shortstop Hanley Ramirez was expected to return from the disabled list today for Los Angeles, but the team wanted him to make one more rehab start. He is expected to be activated tomorrow.
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