MIAMI _ Perhaps Marlins manager Don Mattingly should've gone to medical school with all of the injury updates he's asked to give on a daily basis.
At least Tuesday's prognosis for starting pitcher Dan Straily was a positive one, with Mattingly and Straily saying they expect the right-hander to make his next start despite taking a ball off the right forearm Monday night.
"Danny looks good. I know he feels good," Mattingly said before Tuesday's game. "He has feelings in his fingers. He kept the swelling down overnight. He feels really positive he'll make his next start."
Despite a 1-3 mark, Straily (3.56 ERA, 1.00 WHIP) has been the team's most consistent starting pitcher thus far. He was cruising with four innings of no-hit ball against the red-hot Astros before Evan Gattis' 104-mph comebacker caught him on the forearm.
Although Straily finished the fifth inning without allowing a run and even remained in to lay down a sacrifice bunt in the bottom half, Mattingly took him out once the arm began to swell up.
Straily, who played catch Tuesday, underwent X-rays for precautionary reasons.
"We're 100 percent confident there's nothing broken," Straily said. "I woke up this morning with no tightness, no pain, so I'm good to go."
Straily, 26, said that was the first time he was knocked out of a game by injury in his six-year career and that he has never missed a start.
He leads the NL in fewest hits per nine innings with 5.023 and ranks fourth in fewest walks per nine innings at 1.0. His next scheduled start is Saturday against the Dodgers.
