LOS ANGELES -- Dodgers right fielder Yasiel Puig will make a return to the lineup for Sunday's game against the D-backs, his first time starting since he exited the game on July 21 after his hamstring tightened up.
Puig appeared in Friday's 9-7 win as a pinch-hitter, his first appearance since the injury, and flied out to center. Manager Dave Roberts said if Puig were to start, he would have to expect a full nine innings.
"I don't play him just to play seven," Roberts said. "I don't feel he's 100 percent, but every day that we've given him he's got better and better.