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LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers will make a rotation shuffle Sunday http://www.astrosfanproshop.com/authentic-nolan-ryan-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, 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.astrosfanproshop.com/authentic-yuli-gurriel-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, 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. WASHINGTON (AP) — For struggling Matt Adams, a return to Nationals Park was the perfect tonic.Adams homered twice against his former team who traded him last month http://www.astrosfanproshop.com/authentic-jake-marisnick-jersey , Marcell Ozuna tied his career-high with four hits and the St. Louis Cardinals held off the Washington Nationals 7-6 on Wednesday night.One night after bashing five homers against Washington, St. Louis settled for three in the rubber game of the series as Yairo Munoz had a solo shot in the sixth.Adams victimized Tanner Roark with first-pitch homers on a curveball in the first inning and a changeup in the fifth.“I’ve always seen the ball well in this ballpark,” Adams said. “I’m ready for his fastball. He has a good feel for that two-seamer, and I saw the curveball up and I saw the changeup up.”Miles Mikolas (14-4) worked 6 2/3 innings and was charged with four runs on 12 hits. Carlos Martinez worked the final two innings for his first save since 2014, getting three straight outs in the ninth after the first two batters reached.“He was clearly sharp in the eighth. He was pretty dominant again in the ninth, too,” manager Mike Shildt said. “A couple balls fell in . and he didn’t waver. He just went right at it and made some quality big-league pitches to bring it home.”Ryan Zimmerman’s three-run double followed by Wilmer Difo’s RBI single pulled Washington within 7-6 in the seventh.Bryce Harper had three hits for Washington on a day when general manager Mike Rizzo responded that he hasn’t considered any other scenario when asked if manager Dave Martinez will return in 2019.Adams was signed by the Nationals in the offseason. The former Cardinal hit .258 with 18 homers for Washington and was traded back to St. Louis on Aug. 21, the same day Daniel Murphy was dealt to the Cubs.Tuesday’s homers were Adams’ first since the trade. He came into the game 3 for 23 with the Cardinals.“The home runs have really killed us,” Martinez said. “I look back, and we’re giving up way too many homers. We have to figure that out. We really do.”Roark (8-15) was a loser for the third straight start. He gave up six runs on 10 hits over five innings.It took the Cardinals just seven pitches to take a 3-0 lead. Following a pair of singles, Adams homered.Fielding problems helped the Cardinals expand their lead in the second. With two outs, third baseman Anthony Rendon had trouble getting a Mikolas bouncer out of his glove. Then Matt Carpenter launched a flyball to the warning track in center that Harper lost sight of in the twilight for an RBI double.Carpenter later scored to make it 5-0.Adams struck again in fifth Michael Saunders Jersey , hitting a solo shot into the back of the second deck.“Like I’ve said a million times, if you don’t make your pitch, they hit it far,” Roark said. “And so he did it twice.”BRYCE BALLHarper has reached base safely in 14 of his last 20 plate appearances. During this stretch he has eight walks, six hits and five RBIs.TRAINER’S ROOMCardinals: C Yadier Molina left in the eighth inning with left hamstring tightness. Shildt said Molina told him, “I’ll be fine.” … 2B Kolten Wong (left hamstring strain) was activated from the 10-day disabled list after missing nine games. Shildt said Wong was available Wednesday in a limited capacity. . OF Harrison Bader started a night after fouling a ball off his ankle. “I said after the game ‘How are you feeling?'” Shildt said. “He said, ‘Five ounces can’t hurt me’ — the weight of a baseball.”Nationals: LHP Sean Doolittle (left toe inflammation) threw another simulated game Wednesday. “He felt a lot better today than he did the previous game,” Martinez said. “Hopefully he’ll be back for the weekend.”UP NEXTCardinals: LHP Austin Gomber (5-0, 2.77 ERA) starts Friday at Detroit as St. Louis begins its final interleague series of the season.Nationals: RHP Stephen Strasburg (7-7, 4.09) starts the opener of a four-game series against the visiting Chicago Cubs. Strasburg is 2-2 with a 2.56 ERA in six career starts versus the Cubs.