Yasiel Puig was benched on Tuesday night for not running out a deep fly to right that caromed off the wall in a game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Cincinnati Reds.

"He needed to be on second base," Dave Roberts said after the game. "We talk about playing the game the right way."

Puig was apologetic when asked about the play and agreed with Roberts' decision to lift him from the game.

"I thought it was a home run, and then I didn't run out the ball, obviously," Puig said through an interpreter. "It was [Roberts'] decision to take me out of the game. It was a decision well made, because all my teammates are out on the field working hard, and I should have run out that ball."