Up next for Dodgers: Saturday at Chicago

When: 1 p.m. PDT.

Where: Wrigley Field.

On the air: TV: Channel 11; Radio: 790, 930.

AT CHICAGO

Pitchers: Eric Stults vs. Ryan Dempster.

Update: Stults’ place in the Dodgers’ rotation could be on the line. Hiroki Kuroda is due back Monday and will replace either Stults or Eric Milton as a starter. Stults has been battling a sprained thumb on his pitching hand. He said it wasn’t a factor on Monday in Colorado, where he walked seven batters in only 4 1/3 innings. Dempster is also coming off a rough start. He pitched a season-low four innings Monday against Pittsburgh and was charged with a season-high six runs.

-- Dylan Hernandez