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Dodgers’ Puig gets benched for lack of hustle
- Updated: May 25, 2016
5:53 AM ET
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig was benched during an 8-2 victory over the visiting Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night because he failed to run hard out of the batter’s box on a deep fly to right that caromed off the wall.
“He needed to be on second base,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said after the game. “We talk about playing the game the right way.”
Puig was apologetic when asked about the play and agreed with Roberts’ decision to lift him from the game.
“I thought it was a home run, and then I didn’t run out the ball, obviously,” Puig said through an interpreter. “It was [Roberts’] decision to take me out of the game. It was a decision well made, because all my teammates are out on the field working hard, and I should have run out that ball.”
Yasiel Puig hit a deep fly to right in the …
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