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- Updated: August 22, 2016
PITTSBURGH — The right hamstring tightness that forced Yulieski Gurriel from his first big league game on Sunday after only three at-bats won’t keep him out of the lineup, manager A.J. Hinch said on Monday. Gurriel wasn’t scheduled to play in the series opener against the Pirates, but he could get his first start in the field — left field or third base — in Tuesday’s game at PNC Park.
Gurriel, the 32-year-old Cuban, who signed with the Astros for $47.5 million and went 1-for-3 as the designated hitter on Sunday at Baltimore, got in some work in the spacious left field at PNC Park on Monday. Keeping Gurriel’s bat in the lineup as the DH for this Interleague series is not an option since it’s being played in a National League park.
“We hit him some balls in left field,” Hinch said. “He’s bouncing around and moving around fine. I think he’s …
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