Davey Martinez moved Lane Thomas to the top of the Washington Nationals’ lineup against San Francisco Giants’ lefty Alex Wood on Saturday, but against the Giants’ right-hander Logan Webb in the series finale he went back to having Cèsar Hernàndez as his leadoff man as had been the case most nights in the first month of the season.
“[Thomas is] batting down in the lineup a little bit,” the fifth-year skipper explained before what ended up a 12-3 loss to the visiting Giants. “We’re putting Cèsar back up there, but it could be something that I do between left-handed and right-handed pitching.