Wilmer Flores cleaning up for Giants Wednesday afternoon
San Francisco Giants infielder Wilmer Flores is in the lineup versus right-hander MItch Keller and the Pittsburgh Pirates in Wednesday afternoon's series finale.
What It Means:
Flores will enter the lineup to be the Giants' designated hitter and cleanup man. Blake Sabol will shift to left field and hit fifth while Mitch Haniger will replace Michael Conforto (heel) in right field and bat sixth.
Per numberFire's MLB Heat Map, the Giants' implied total is 4.06 and the game total is 8.0. Among Wednesday's listed starters, Keller has the second-best strikeout rate this season at 30.5%. He also has a 28.7% hard-hit rate that ranks in the top 7% of the league.
Source:
Baseball Press
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