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Puig on Dodgers’ bench for Game 4

The Sports Xchange

October 07, 2014 at 2:42 pm.

 

Yasiel Puig won't start Game 4 of the NLDS. (Jesse Johnson-USA TODAY Sports)

Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig was kept out of the starting lineup for Game 4 of the National League Division Series on Tuesday against the St. Louis Cardinals.

Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said Puig was not injured but that he decided to use a lineup that “gives us the best chance to win today.”

Matt Kemp moves to right field to take Puig’s spot, with Carl Crawford in left field and Andre Ethier in center.

The 23-year-old Puig has struck out eight times in 12 at-bats in the series, including seven straight times at one point, and was batting .250 after the first three games.

Right-hander Shelby Miller was scheduled to be on the mound for the Cardinals, who entered Game 4 in St. Louis with a 2-1 series lead.