"In a dreadful season filled with an assortment of injuries that have forced the promotion of a number of prospects through the first 4 1/2 months, the youth movement for the Dodgers beat the Houston Astros 1-0 in 10 innings Friday night.

It was an especially youthful day, from first-round pick Chris Reed making the rounds at Dodger Stadium after inking his contract to 25-year-old rookie shortstop Justin Sellers making his big league debut and 21-year-old pitcher Nathan Eovaldi making just his second career start and first at Chavez Ravine.

This following the successful debuts already of Rubby De La Rosa and Dee Gordon and Javy Guerra and Jerry Sands this year, all of which serve as a poignant reminder the Dodgers are transitioning from an experienced, veteran team to younger one right before our very eyes.

It was fitting, then, that Logan White sat in the dugout a few hours before Matt Kemp's RBI single beat the Astros and proudly talked up the potential of Reed, the future of Eovaldi and the overall status of the Dodgers' minor leagues system. "