Dbacks Recap and News

Puk (elbow) allowed one hit and struck out one over one inning Saturday for the Diamondbacks‘ affiliate in the Arizona Complex League, Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic reports.

The outing was Puk’s third in the ACL while on a rehab assignment. He’s allowed two hits and struck out two over three scoreless appearances. The reliever is expected to shift his rehab to Triple-A Reno on Tuesday.

Nelson (2-4) allowed five runs (four earned) on seven hits and a hit batsman while striking out three and walking none over 5.1 innings, taking the loss versus the Mariners on Saturday.

Nelson served up a pair of solo shots in both the second and third innings, and that was too much for the Diamondbacks to come back from. This is the fifth time he’s allowed multiple homers in a start this season. He had strung together four straight quality starts before Saturday’s poor outing. Nelson is now at a 4.82 ERA, 1.19 WHIP and 52:19 K:BB through 65.1 innings over 12 starts this season. He is tentatively lined up for a tough home start versus the Dodgers in his next outing.

Arenado (undisclosed) was scratched from Saturday’s lineup against the Mariners.

Per Steve Gilbert of MLB.com, Arenado was removed from the lineup due to precautionary reasons. The veteran third baseman had been dealing with groin issue before suffering an arm injury as a pinch hitter Friday after being hit by a pitch. Jose Fernandez will start at third base and bat eighth.