Hanley Ramirez and Andre Ethier will be in the starting lineup for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 6 of the NLCS on Friday night.
Ramirez, who has a hairline fracture on one of his ribs, was taken out of the past two games in the seventh inning after feeling intense pain.
He missed Game 2 along with Ethier, who has a microfracture above his left ankle, but both played in all three games in Los Angeles.
"Andre, I expect to play," Don Mattingly said. "I think he felt probably as good yesterday as he's felt since coming back. He just seems to get a little bit stronger as far as being out on the field. We checked on him late. We thought about if we were going to defend for him late. We were comfortable with what we were seeing, and he was comfortable also. So I expect him, for sure, to be able to play.
"I expect the same thing from Hanley. I think he'll try to play. He's been trying to play every day. I think he'll do the same as far as going out there and doing the best he can for us, and we'll just make an assessment tomorrow as we do the lineup."