Riley drops to eighth as Braves seek sweep

Here’s your handy-dandy Statcast graphics with this afternoon’s series finale lineups:

Austin Riley drops to eighth for the first time this season in a familiar defensive arrangement for the Braves. After a blazing start to his career, Riley has put together just a 96 wRC+ in June and a 37 wRC+ so far in July. This isn’t a case of bad luck, either, as Riley has a .299 xwOBA since the start of June. The Padres will send Josh Naylor out to left field for today’s game, deploying a lineup they’ve never used before and an overall defensive arrangement that’s only been used once previously, a loss to the Cardinals on the last day of June.

These two lineups are somewhat familiar with their scheduled opposing starter, given that both Mike Soroka and Cal Quantrill have already made outings against the Padres and Braves, respectively. Still, no member of either lineup has a homer against either starter.

First pitch is scheduled for 4:10 pm EDT.