PHOENIX — Josh Naylor’s return to the Arizona Diamondbacks’ starting lineup will have to wait, as the club scratched him shortly before first pitch on Tuesday.
Naylor was set to bat fourth as the designated hitter against the San Francisco Giants, but the Diamondbacks inserted Randal Grichuk into the DH spot and elevated third baseman Eugenio Suarez to cleanup hitter.
Tuesday will mark Naylor’s fourth straight game out of the lineup after he exited Friday’s loss to the Miami Marlins with neck stiffness. He left a game last week in Chicago with right shoulder discomfort, which kept him out of the lineup for a game.
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Naylor took batting practice and ground balls before Tuesday’s game. Based on manager Torey Lovullo’s pregame comments, however, Naylor was more of a game-time decision.
“ We talked about it last night, just put him in the lineup and see where that takes us today,” Lovullo said before Naylor was scratched.
“I’ve watched some of the work that was being done on him, just so I can get an understanding of how he’s feeling in real time. He seems to be in a much better spot. He’s gonna go out there and test it. That’s gonna be one of the final boxes that we’re gonna check, that BP and some of the live activity that’s going on right now. Once we get there, we feel strongly he’s gonna give us the right evaluation.”
Naylor hit safely in 13 of his last 14 games, as he hit .311 with an .852 OPS in June. He’s a big bat to be missing as the Diamondbacks fight to get and stay over .500, especially with Corbin Carroll and Gabriel Moreno on the injured list.
Updated Diamondbacks lineup without Josh Naylor
SS – Geraldo Perdomo 2B – Ketel Marte 1B – Pavin Smith 3B – Eugenio Suárez LF – Lourdes Gurriel Jr. RF – Jake McCarthy DH – Randal Grichuk C – James McCann CF – Alek Thomas SP – Zac Gallen
First pitch is at 6:40 p.m. MST. Catch the game on 98.7 and the Arizona Sports app.
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