Roberto Osuna has not been able to throw his slider, his strikeout pitch, because of a broken nail embedded in the middle finger of his pitching hand.

Osuna was given an anesthetic ointment on Monday and said it will be difficult for him to throw the slider if he is asked to pitch for the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 3 of the ALCS.

"It started against Texas the first day of the series. It started to bother me but I kept pitching on it, and at the end of the series it really hurt," Osuna said. "The side of the nail got swollen and I started bleeding, and I have been having problems ever since."

John Gibbons said he's not too concerned about Osuna's situation and that the closer used his other pitches very well previously this season.

Matt Harvey is scheduled to start Game 5 of the NLCS, but the New York Mets are wary of swelling in the right-hander's triceps.

Terry Collins suggested that Bartolo Colon or Jonathon Niese might be needed to start against the Chicago Cubs if the series goes five games and Harvey is unable to take the mound.

Harvey was struck with a line drive off the bat of Dexter Fowler in the sixth inning of Saturday's opener against the Cubs.

"He's pretty sore and pretty swelled up," Collins said. "He, as we sit here today, is a go. But that could certainly change in next couple of days. ... I was pretty surprised at how swelled up it was yesterday. So we certainly are going to keep a really close eye on it the next couple of days."

Harvey, who is 2-0 with a 2.84 ERA in two postseason starts, lightly tossed a baseball in the outfield at Wrigley Field on Monday.

With no urgency remaining after the Dodgers' elimination from the playoffs, Major League Baseball and the MLBPA postponed Chase Utley's appeal hearing.

Utley was suspended for two games by Joe Torre for a take out slide in Game 2 of the NLDS that broke a leg of Mets shortstop Ruben Tejada.

Manager John Gibbons says Edwin Encarnacion is back in Blue Jays' lineup for Game 2 of the ALCS, determined to ''deal with the pain.''

Batting fourth as the DH, Encarnacion was removed in the eighth inning of Kansas City's win on Friday night when his left middle finger swelled up again. Gibbons said Encarnacion underwent an MRI before deciding to play on Saturday.

The Chicago Cubs say Addison Russell will not play in the NLCS because of a strained left hamstring.

Russell left Game 3 of the NLDS against the St. Louis Cardinals with tightness in the hamstring. Joe Maddon says it's a moderate strainnand the team will be pragmatic with the injury.

The Cubs will face either the Los Angeles Dodgers or New York Mets.

Salvador Perez says he will no doubt play in Game 5 of the ALDS against the Houston Astros on Wednesday.

Perez didn't finish Game 4 as the Kansas City Royals rallied to force a deciding game. He passed a concussion test after being hit in the mask by a foul ball. He was also hit by a pitch in the left side during the game.

"They did a concussion test after the game yesterday in the trainer's room, but I passed everything," Perez said. "Everything is great; everything is good. I will catch tomorrow."

The St. Louis Cardinals have scratched Yadier Molina from the lineup for Game 4 of the NLDS against the Chicago Cubs after the catcher experienced weakness in his injured left thumb.

Mike Matheny announced the lineup change before Tuesday's game, saying that he had penciled Molina into the original lineup because he expected that the All-Star would respond well to overnight treatment to his thumb.

The appeal hearing for Chase Utley's suspension will not be held Monday, according to a Major League source.

Utley, who was suspended two games, will continue to be eligible to play until the appeal is heard, including in Monday night's Game 3.

Major League Baseball suspended Utley for Games 3 and 4 of the NLDS for what the league deemed was an illegal slide Saturday into New York Mets shortstop Ruben Tejada, who broke his leg in the collision.

Utley appealed MLB's decision.

Major League Baseball has suspended Dodgers infielder Chase Utley for Games 3 and 4 of the NLDS,  for what the league deemed was an illegal slide into Mets shortstop Ruben Tejada.

Tejada broke his leg in the collision in the seventh inning of Saturday night's Game 2.

Utley will appeal the suspension. The Dodgers expect the matter to be heard quickly, likely well before game time Monday night, a source said.

The New York Mets lost Ruben Tejada with a fractured fibula in his right leg.

Tejada was injured when Chase Utley took him out with an aggressive and late slide in the seventh inning of Game 2.

The Mets have added shortstop prospect Matt Reynolds to their division series roster.

Reynolds would become the second player in modern history to make his major league debut in the postseason if he appears.