ST. LOUIS (AP) Slumping All-Star Yasiel Puig was benched by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday for Game 4 of their NL Division Series against the St. Louis Cardinals.
''What can I do? I wasn't in the lineup,'' Puig said through an interpreter. ''That was a decision they made. Whether it was the manager's decision or anyone, they made that decision.
''Now it's my responsibility to be supportive from the dugout.''
Manager Don Mattingly said he thought Andre Ethier was a better option. Eithier often has been the odd-man out in a crowded outfield.
''He just had a tough game,'' closer Kenley Jansen said. ''But Yasiel, he's learned a lot, I feel like. He's been doing much better in the postseason, even though the numbers don't show, probably.''
Cardinals pitchers handled him last year in the NL Championship Series, too, holding the rookie to a .227 average with 10 strikeouts in 22 at-bats.
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