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 star third baseman Eugenio Suárez took a fastball to the hand during Monday's game against the Detroit Tigers and had X-rays done, per USA Today's Bob Nightengale.

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.