For the first time since August 1st and the sixth time overall this season, Davey Martinez hit Luis García fifth in the Washington Nationals’ lineup in Thursday night’s series opener with the Cincinnati Reds in Great American Ball Park. García, 21, was coming off a 6 for 14 series in Miami in which he hit two doubles and a home run, and was in the midst of a nice run in September, with a .272/.289/.506 line, eight doubles, three home runs, two walks, and 11 Ks in 22 games and 83 plate appearances on the month coming out of the series win over the Marlins.
Washington Nationals’ Luis García making progress at the plate; reverse splits + more
