Who Knew Dodgers-Brewers Would be so Interesting?

Certainly not me. I had an early, early flight to catch this morning and missed all the excitement.

17 Dodger runs, two hit-by-pitch incidents, and an angry Brewer (Prince Fielder) attempting to storm the clubhouse to have words with Mota?! WOW.

Most interestingly, Manny Ramirez had a solid outing (HR, 2-run double) before being hit by a pitch in the 7th inning. For some reason, the Dodgers have elected to rest him tonight as evidenced by the Dodgers starting lineup for Thursday’s game:

Rafael Furcal, SS
Juan Pierre, Lf
Andre Ethier, RF
Casey Blake, 3B
James Loney, 1B
Matt Kemp, CF
Russell Martin, C
Orlando Hudson, 2B
Jason Schmidt, P

Not sure if Torre wants to give Pierre some more playing time or if he needs to rest Ramirez for some reason but it would be interesting to find out from any game notes and see if he makes it in the game tonight…