Gaby Sanchez misses first start of the season

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Gaby Sanchez had started every game this season for the Marlins, but that streak ended Tuesday when he felt some discomfort in his left hamstring while working out before the game at Nationals Park and was pulled from the lineup.

"He said he had a hamstring [that] was pulling, so I said, 'Well, take the day off,' " Marlins manager Jack McKeon said. "I hate to get him out of there when he is hitting good."

McKeon said after Tuesday's 11-2 win over the Nationals that Sanchez will also be out of Wednesday's lineup.

Greg Dobbs, who replaced Sanchez, had a career-high five RBI Tuesday, going 3-for-5 with a home run.

"I am not changing," McKeon said about Wednesday's lineup. "Works out perfect. We can give Gaby an extra day."

In his last three games Sanchez, who is hitting .287, had three home runs and five RBI. Sanchez had started 101 games at first base and one as designated hitter, and was the only Marlin to have started every game.

"Knowing him, he never wants to get out of the lineup, so it is probably not feeling good," McKeon said.

"Just taking a day," Sanchez said after the lineup was changed. "That is all I have to say."

Dobbs said Sanchez told him his hamstring was bothering him before working out Tuesday, and then, after hitting in the batting cage, he told Dobbs he probably wouldn't be playing.


(sun-sentinel.com)