The St. Louis Cardinals managed to take Game 1 of the best-of-seven National League Championship Series thanks to late-inning heroics from Carlos Beltran.
NLCS 2013: Dodgers and Cardinals announce lineups for Game 2 - Hanley scratched
Andre Ethier and Hanley Ramirez are out of the Dodgers lineup on Friday.
Saturday is a new day, however, and the Cardinals and Dodgers have posted their lineups for Game 2.
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The Cardinals will be putting out the same defensive eight as in Game 1, but with an adjusted batting order. Matt Carpenter, Beltran and Matt Holliday remain atop the lineup, but Yadier Molina is now hitting clean-up with David Freese in the five-spot. The two hit fifth and seventh on Friday, respectively. Matt Adams and Jon Jay each moved down in the order.
Lineup de #Cardinals hoy: Carpenter 2B, Papá Beltrán RF, Holliday LF, Yadier C, Freese 3B, Adams 1B, Jay CF, Kozma SS, Wacha P
— Enrique Rojas/ESPN (@Enrique_Rojas1) October 12, 2013
The Dodgers have two big changes to their lineup: Andre Ethier will rest his injured foot following his first appearance in the playoffs, and Hanley Ramirez was a last-minute scratch due to bruised ribs. Ramirez sustained the injury when he was hit by a pitch in Game 1. Skip Schumaker will take over in center field, and Nick Punto will start at short.
New #Dodgers lineup: Crawford LF M Ellis 2B Gonzalez 1B Puig RF Uribe 3B Schumaker CF A Ellis C Punto SS Kershaw P
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) October 12, 2013
First pitch between the two sides is scheduled for 4:07 pm EST Saturday.
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