Diamondbacks’ Nolan Arenado exits Giants game with groin issue

SAN FRANCISCO — Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Nolan Arenado left Tuesday’s 7-5 win against the San Francisco Giants with right groin tightness, the club announced.

Arenado did not go back out on defense for the bottom of the seventh inning, as Jose Fernandez took his place at the hot corner.

After the game, manager Torey Lovullo said Arenado is considered day-to-day and that there were no plans for imaging.

“He said, ‘I can go out and keep playing if you want me to,'” Lovullo said postgame. “I just jumped in and said, ‘Let’s just be smart. Let’s get you off the field, see how you feel.’ We’ll see how he feels tonight, tomorrow morning.”

Torey Lovullo said Nolan Arenado is day-to-day, and that there’s no plans for imaging.

Arenado said he started to feel tight on his first-to-home but never felt a pull. pic.twitter.com/kX0lTeK1di

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Arenado said he started to feel tight running from first base to home plate in the second inning on a Ryan Waldschmidt double.

He tried to play through it, hoping it would loosen up, but after running out an infield single in the fifth inning, he said he didn’t want to push himself like that again, just in case something was wrong.

“I didn’t feel like a pull or anything,” Arenado said. “It was more precautionary than anything.”

The veteran finished the game 1-for-2 with a walk.

Lovullo did not express much concern, saying, “We feel like he’s going to be OK.”

Arenado has been a valuable addition to the Diamondbacks after coming over in an offseason trade. He is batting .271 with an .810 OPS while providing an experienced voice in the clubhouse.

Arenado is a 14-year big leaguer with 10 Gold Gloves, and Corbin Carroll told Arizona Sports’ Wolf & Luke on Tuesday that the 35-year-old is the hardest worker he’s ever played with.

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