Padres center fielder Trent Grisham healthy, but manager Bob Melvin looking to reward Jose Azocar with second straight start
Grisham is hitting .146/.271/.244 to start the season, but homered Saturday and walked three times Sunday.
He is a .249/.344/.433 career hitter against left-handed pitching, slightly better than his .234/.326/.409 line against righties, but is 1-for-10 to start 2022 against lefties.The right-handed-hitting Azocar is 1-for-4 with an RBI, four walks and four strikeouts to start his big-league career. He is starting in center field and batting ninth for a second straight day.
Eric Hosmer is back in the lineup after sitting against Monday’s left-hander, pushing Luke Voit back to designated hitter. Austin Nola is also leading off again as has become the norm against left-handed starters.Reds LHP Reiver Sanmartin The 26-year-old Colombian has allowed seven runs through his first 19 innings in the majors, which included two starts last year . He was 10-2 with a 3.32 ERA, 112 strikeouts and a 1.16 WHIP over 100 1/3 innings last year as he moved from Double-A to Triple-A.He has yet to allow a free base as Musgrove has struck out 14 batters against zero walks or hit batters in 12 2/3 innings to start the year. He has a 4.
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