The Rockies were on the road on Earth Day, but they’re doing their part even if the schedule maker didn’t. Tonight begins the Rockies’ “20 Games of Green.” They’ll be reminding folks that we need to take care of our planet during three homestands — Tonight through Wednesday, July 6-12 and Sept. 1-7. There are all kinds of ticket packages, contests incentives and environment-driven events. Those can be seen at www.coloradorockies.com/green.

But the players can do their part while scoring runs. During those 20 games, one tree will be planted in the Denver area for each home run.

So next time some stat head criticizes a player for providing more power at home than on the road, he can answer that he’s doing it for our future.

The Rockies’ first step toward correcting the mess we’ve made of this big blue marble is trying to beat the big, bad Dodgers. Here are the lineups:

Dodgers

Rafael Furcal              SS

Orlando Hudson          2B

Manny Ramirez           LF

Andre Ethier                RF

James Loney              1B

Matt Kemp                  CF

Casey Blake               3B

Brad Ausmus               C

Eric Stults                    P

Rockies

Dexter Fowler              CF

Ryan Spilborghs          LF

Todd Helton                1B

Garrett Atkins             3B

Brad Hawpe                RF

Troy Tulowitzki            SS

Ian Stewart                 2B

Chirs Iannetta               C

Aaron Cook                 P