The incident occurred in the ninth inning when a 2-1 fastball got away from reliever Will Vest and hit Suárez's right hand. He was in obvious pain immediately after: Suárez was lifted from the game and replaced by Alexander.

Arizona Diamondbacks All-Star third baseman Eugenio Suarez hopes he avoided major injury when he was hit in the right index finger by a pitch late in Monday night's 5-1 loss to the Detroit Tigers.

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Fairbanks isn’t quite the same pitcher he was in 2023, when he struck out 68 in 45 innings. His strikeout rate has dropped, but he still keeps the ball on the ground and limits barrels as well as anyone. The Rays hold a team option for 2026, so they won’t feel pressured to deal him unless the return is strong.

Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman and leading trade deadline target Eugenio Suárez is out of the lineup Tuesday after being hit on the hand a day earlier, but a CT scan and MRI came back clean, he told reporters before the game.