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He's back baby. Will he be greeted with cheers or boos? Watch and wager on the game tonight. (AP Images)

He's back

Manny Ramirez returns after serving a 50-game suspension for violating baseball's drug policy tonight in the opener of a three-game road series against the San Diego Padres.

Los Angeles was 21-8 and held a 6 1/2-game lead in the NL West at the time of Manny's suspension. The Dodgers, though, didn't suffer without Ramirez, going 29-21 and increasing their division lead to 7 1/2 games.

Ramirez is batting .227 with a homer and four RBI this season against San Diego.

Chad Gaudin will start for the Padres and has only allowed five earned runs while striking out 28 over his last three starts.

Los Angeles' Hiroki Kuroda takes the mound after giving up four runs and eight hits in 6 1-3 innings of a 4-2 loss to Seattle on Sunday.

The Dodgers are listed as -145 favorites in this one.

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