The Los Angeles Dodgers continue to face issues with Yasiel Puig and their starting rotation.
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The “injury” occurred after Puig hit an infield single, on Tuesday night, according to The Los Angeles Times. “It’s different”, Puig said. Dodgers manager, Don Mattingly said they would be monitoring Puig and taking the strain day-to-day.
The designated-hitter rule will be in effect in the series against the Astros. He had pitched at least 8.0 scoreless innings in five of those starts.
The shaky bullpen had another meltdown in the eighth inning, which the Dodgers entered trailing, 3-2. He struck out Danny Valencia, after which he was replaced by left-hander Luis Avilan.
With Puig out on Wednesday, Andre Ethier starts in right field for the Dodgers against right-hander Jesse Chavez for the A’s, with Carl Crawford in left field. “There’s no questioning the Dodgers” dedication to profitable their 1st World Collection since 1988, or the decisiveness of first-year executives Andrew Friedman & Farhan Zaidi, whose multiple moves have left the club on the hook for $87.5 million value of salaries for players not on the roster. In other words, crunch time. The home run was his fourth in his last 24 games, a period over which he is batting.298.
Puig is hitting.250/.320/.434 with 10 homers and 35 RBI on the season. He is batting. 225 on the season.
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“To be 100 percent honest, it’s all about getting Zack and Clayton lined up and maximizing these off days and not making them wait six days to pitch and things like that”, he said.
