Padres sending Joe Musgrove to the mound against the Reds' Graham Ashcraft in search of a series win
Still searching for a breakthrough, Xander Bogaerts is getting a personal off-day on Wednesday, at least to start the 1:10 p.m. getaway game, and a team off-day on Thursday to reset his season. In his place, Tyler Wade is at second base and rookie Graham Pauley is batting fifth as the designated hitter as the Padres alternate lefties and righties throughout the lineup for the first time this season. Wade will bat ninth as he’s been a bottom-three hitter in all of his starts this year.
Merrill is instead seventh in Wednesday’s lineup. Among Padres regulars, Bogaerts is last in OPS and on-base percentage and second-to-last in batting average and slugging . Bogaerts has hits in his last three games, but they are all singles as he’s hitting .158/.200/.158 on the homestand after an .346/.414/.500 stretch over his previous six games. Here is the Reds’ lineup: Reds RHP Graham Ashcraft He’s got a 26-to-7 strikeout-to-walk ratio over his first 28⅔ innings. Ashcraft went 7-9 with a 4.
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