The Orange County Register · Sep 17, 2015
Wednesday lineups: Rockies at Dodgers
LOS ANGELES -- Don Mattingly has written in his most unusual lineup of the season tonight.
Rookie Austin Barnes is leading off and starting at second base, where he hasn't played in a year. Chase Utley is starting at first base, where he has played no more than times a season for the last decade. Only one man, catcher A.J. Ellis, was on the postseason roster from a year ago.
It all stemmed from last night's 16-inning loss that extended into this morning. Mattingly was determined to leave veterans Adrian Gonzalez and Justin Turner on the bench.
“There were certain things we just weren’t willing to do today,” the manager said.