Giants' Austin Slater absent from Wednesday's lineup

San Francisco Giants second baseman Austin Slater is not in the lineup for Wednesday's game versus the Los Angeles Dodgers.

What It Means:

Slater started in left field and batted sixth in Tuesday's game, but will make way for Hunter Pence to get the start on Wednesday against the lefty Hyun-Jin Ryu.

numberFire's models project Slater for 5 runs, 1 home run and 4 RBI, with a .237 average over 44 remaining plate appearances this season.