D-backs’ Segura, Ahmed OK day after HBPs

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PITTSBURGH — Less than 24 hours after being hit in the head, D-backs second baseman Jean Segura and shortstop Nick Ahmed were both back in uniform Wednesday night and doing well.

Ahmed, who was sporting seam marks on his chin from where the Arquimedes Caminero pitch hit him, was in the starting lineup, while Segura was not in the lineup, but had passed concussion protocol. A CT scan taken Tuesday night on Segura at the hospital did not show any issues.

Caminero hit both — the 96-mph pitch to Segura struck him in the helmet and left side of his face — and was placed on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday with a quad injury.

• Segura, Ahmed hit in head by Bucs’ Caminero

“I don’t think it was intentional,” Segura said of the pitch in the 12-1 loss. “I know this guy. I was in that division before and I faced him a lot. This morning I got a text from him …

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