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LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers will make a rotation shuffle Sunday Kris Bryant Jersey , swapping left-handers for the series finale against the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium.With a 1 p.m. local start, what they won’t have to worry about is a power failure after Dodger Stadium went dark Saturday for the second time in almost four weeks in the middle of a game.Instead of lefty Alex Wood, the Dodgers will now have lefty Hyun-Jin Ryu take aim at the Padres with the chance at a series sweep on the line. Wood will now be pushed back to Wednesday, which is the finale of a brief two-game interleague series at Texas.Article continues below ...No reason was given for the change, although Wood has been struggling with nagging injuries this season that was originally diagnosed as leg cramps in a couple of early starts. He eventually went on the disabled list earlier this month for left adductor tendonitis.The Padres will stick to their original plan as left-hander Robbie Erlin will make his seventh start, including his fifth this month. Erlin has spent most of the season in the bullpen but in four previous August starts http://www.chicagocubsteamshop.com/authentic-addison-russell-jersey , he has put together a 3.43 ERA, earning two victories in the process.With the Padres looking to make some rotation changes in the coming weeks, every outing is sure to be picked apart. Lefty Eric Lauer (forearm strain) could be back as early as next week. Lis Perdomo (strained right shoulder) could be back not long after that.“We’re going to continue to talk through our rotation plan (we had) coming out of the break,” Padres manager Andy Green said. “Nothing is finalized at this point and time. (Lauer) is a candidate to be reinserted at some point in time next week.”Ryu knows all about an up-in-the-air status, having spent 3 1/2 months on the disabled list with a left groin strain. He has made two starts since returning, a tidy six-inning start Aug. 15 when he held the San Francisco Giants scoreless over six innings http://www.chicagocubsteamshop.com/authentic-sammy-sosa-jersey , and a start Tuesday against the St. Louis Cardinals when he gave up three runs on four hits over four innings.Despite having starter Kenta Maeda working out of the bullpen, the Dodgers will use just four pitchers this time through the rotation: Ryu, Walker Buehler, Rich Hill and Clayton Kershaw.The Dodgers moved 2 1/2 games behind the co-division leaders Arizona and Colorado and they do not sound like a club that will take a game on Sunday against the last-place and struggling Padres for granted.“Everything needs to be tightened up as we move toward September,” Hill said, according to the Los Angeles Times. “As we know Joe Maddon Jersey , things get amplified. And you want to be able to be as close to perfection as we can. … We’ll continue playing like there’s no tomorrow.”The future does look bright for a Padres organization loaded with quality prospects. The present, though, is a bit unsightly with 10 defeats in their last 12 games, including a bad-luck loss that happened Saturday on the first pitch after the power was restored in L.A.The Dodgers entered the current series 8-12 in August, but are now on the verge of their first three-game series sweep since July 2-4 at home against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Cleveland Indians outfielder Leonys Martin will be released from the hospital Sunday after nearly two weeks in the Cleveland Clinic, according to Jordan Bastian of MLB.com.Martin had been dealing with a serious bacterial infection that he first felt symptoms for on Aug. 7.The undisclosed infection had "entered his blood and produced toxins that attacked his internal organs http://www.chicagocubsteamshop.com/authentic-willson-contreras-jersey ," perJoe Nogaof Cleveland.com.He had spent time in the intensive care unit at the Cleveland Clinic but was moved outThursday after making progress.Despite being released from the hospital, the team doesn't have a timetable for his return to the field."It's beyond a relief, especially given where things were a week ago,"Cleveland's president of baseball operations, ChrisAntonetti, said Sunday. "I think it's important to remember we don't know. We're in uncharted waters. There's no precedent you can look back to and say Albert Almora Jr Jersey , 'What does a return to activity look like?' It's very much going to continue to be day to day."The 30-year-old had only played six games with the Indians before suffering the life-threatening infection. He had been traded to the team on July 31 in a deal with the Detroit Tigers after producing a .251/.321/.409 slash line in the first half of the year.Martin was 5-for-15 with two home runs in Cleveland before going on the disabled list.


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