TORONTO — Toronto Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was scratched from the lineup for Monday afternoon’s Canada Day recreation towards the Houston Astros due to ache in his proper hand.
Spencer Horwitz moved from second base to first, Isiah Kiner-Falefa moved from third to second, and Ernie Clement was added to the lineup at third base.
Guerrero was hit on the fingers of his hand by a 96 mph fastball from Yankees right-hander Gerrit Cole within the third inning of Sunday’s loss to New York.
Guerrero grounded out within the sixth and was changed by a pinch hitter within the eighth.
A 3-time All-Star and the 2021 MLB dwelling run champion, Guerrero is batting .297 with 13 dwelling runs and 50 RBIs in 83 video games. He has six homers in his previous 9 video games.
Guerrero went 0-for-2 Sunday, ending a six-game team-record streak of multi-RBI video games.