Matt Kemp

[budgerock]

I just don't understand Torre's lineup decisions. When he batted Kemp 3rd, Kent 4th, and Martin 5th, the Dodgers had their best offensive week of the season. So he goes and changes everything. Batting seventh he is seeing a lot of junk instead of fastballs. If I were Torre I would just go with this lineup:

Pierre
Ethier
Kemp
Kent
Martin
Loney
DeWitt
Maza
P

When Furcal comes back you bat him first and drop Pierre to 8th. Championship.

[tah161]

Torre batted him second last night with Jeff Kent behind him.

He went 1 for 5 with an RBI double that started out the 5 run 8th.

I would still like to see him at batting third but I guess 2nd is better then 7th where he will actually see some decent fastballs. Especially with Kent behind him.