Donovan's Hip Tightness: Mariners' Lineup Adjustments

0:00On April 19th, Mariners' third baseman, Brendan Donovan, set out the lineup for the second straight day heading into Sunday's Series finale against Texas, where he's available off the bench. He's been day-to-day since Friday, with left-hipped tightness and won't hit the 10-day injured list right now. Texas rolled out lefty Mackenzie Gore on the mound, so they stacked a right-handed heavy lineup anyway, sliding Leo Rivas III and Rob Restnider. As the designated hitter, in Donovan's spot, the Mariners might ease Donovan's in at DH soon to rest his legs, though that messes with their platoon between lefty dominant canzone who had three hits. Saturday and Refsnider, manager Dan Wilson says they're just adapting like always in baseball, maybe mixing in some DH days or other tweaks. Donovan's bounce back quick from a right-growing issue two weeks ago in Anaheim and an illness against Houston last weekend, missing just a couple, starts each time. His hip-thin could tie back to his sports hernia surgery on October 7th, with the Cardinals,

1:02something Wilson's stress needs close watching after. His solid spring ramp up, Donovan plays all-out, like his hair's on fire, and third base is tougher than his old second-base gig in St. Louis. He's still crushing at the plate with a 304 average, 437 on base, 518 slugging over 56 at bats in 18, games, so Seattle's monitoring tight to keep that fire lit without burning out.