Yasiel Puig will return to Dodgers’ starting lineup Sunday in Miami.

Yasiel Puig injury

Dodgers right fielder Yasiel Puig has a .306 batting average (33-for-108) this season. (Staff photo)

MIAMI — Yasiel Puig will return to the Dodgers’ starting lineup Sunday after missing four straight games with a hand injury.

“I think his hand’s good,” Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. “I just really wanted to — I know we have a day game tomorrow, I want to play him for that. I figure give him one more day.”

Puig pinch hit for the second straight day Saturday against the Marlins and grounded out in the seventh inning. He’s been battling an exposed callus on his left palm.

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J.P. Hoornstra covers the Dodgers, Angels and Major League Baseball for the Orange County Register, Los Angeles Daily News, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Torrance Daily Breeze, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Pasadena Star-News, San Bernardino Sun, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Whittier Daily News and Redlands Daily Facts. Before taking the beat in 2012, J.P. covered the NHL for four years. UCLA gave him a degree once upon a time; when he graduated on schedule, he missed getting Arnold Schwarzenegger's autograph on his diploma by five months.