Arizona Diamondbacks infielder Nick Ahmed is not in the lineup for Thursday afternoon's series finale against right-hander Josiah Gray and the Washington Nationals.
Geraldo Perdomo will reclaim shortstop from Ahmed and hit eighth.
Per numberFire's MLB Heat Map, the Diamondbacks' implied total is 4.62 and the game total is 8.5. Gray has a career-best 3.09 ERA this season, but his 4.49 xERA is actually higher than last year (4.25). The 25-year-old is also on pace for career-worst strikeout (19.0%) and walk (11.4%) rates.
Source: Baseball Press