Stone Garrett batting fifth Wednesday for Nationals

Washington Nationals outfielder Stone Garrett will start in left field and hit fifth on Wednesday against left-hander James Paxton and the Boston Red Sox.

What It Means:

Garrett is on a four-game hitting streak and he has gone 6-for-13 with 2 doubles, 6 RBI, and 2 runs in that stretch. He will shift to left field on Wednesday while Blake Rutherford moves to the bench against a lefty.

numberFire’s models project Garrett ($2,400) for 8.4 FanDuel points on Wednesday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Nationals' implied total is 4.10 and the game total is 9.0. Paxton has a 3.36 ERA and 3.32 xERA this season, with a 39.7% hard-hit rate, 27.4% strikeout rate, and 6.7% walk rate.

Source: MLB.com