pinch hitter

He fanned pinch hitter Junior Caminero, Tampa Bay’s top minor league prospect, to end his outing with five strikeouts and no walks.

Díaz didn’t play Sunday after appearing as a pinch hitter the previous day and finished with a .330 average to become Tampa Bay’s first batting champion.

He’d also watched as his team, hitless with runners in scoring position, continued that trend with pinch hitters Mike Ford and Josh Rojas failing to even move the runners and at least tie the game.

Diamondbacks: OF Corbin Carroll was replaced by a pinch hitter in the fifth after being hit on the wrist by a pitch the previous inning.

Harper has been a DH and pinch hitter since his return on May 2.