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Matthew Batten on Padres bench Wednesday

San Diego Padres infielder Matthew Batten is not in the lineup for Wednesday afternoon's series finale against right-hander Miles Mikolas and the St. Louis Cardinals.

What It Means:

Batten started on third base against a lefty on Tuesday and went 4-for-4 with 2 doubles and 2 runs scored. Manny Machado is shifting back to the hot corner Wednesday while Matt Carpenter starts at designated hitter and bats seventh.

numberFire’s models project Machado ($3,400) for 11.9 and Carpenter ($2,100) for 8.7 FanDuel points on Wednesday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Padres' implied total is 4.50 and the game total is 9.0. Mikolas has a weak 5.03 xERA and career-worst 16.2% strikeout rate this season.

Source: MLB.com

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