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Yasiel Puig Returns to the Dodgers for the Playoffs

LOS ANGELES — Yasiel Puig has made the Dodgers playoff roster dramatically, like just about everything he does.

It was not a given that Puig would make the National League division series roster, since he has played in just two games since returning from a hamstring injury that caused him to miss all of September. He surely made the cut because outfielder Scott Van Slyke has wrist inflammation and has not made much progress.

Puig said Wednesday that he was on the roster and would come off the bench. On Saturday, he returned to the Dodgers lineup for the first time since the injury and was 1-for-5 in two games back.