The Washington Nationals kept Trea Turner from the starting lineup on Tuesday, a day after upsetting Dave Martinez when he failed to run out of the batter's box after a pitch hit his bat and landed in fair territory.

"I actually thought the ball hit him in the hand," Martinez said Monday night. "(The umpire) said he bunted the ball. I was like, well why would he walk off the field? In that moment, we are trying to win a ballgame. There's a good chance he won't play tomorrow."

Turner entered Tuesday's game as a pinch-runner in the 10th inning, but was picked off in Washington's 5-4 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers.

The infielder said Monday night that he put his bat up in "self-defense" as he thought he was going to get hit by the pitch.

"I then ended up bunting it fair somehow. By the time I got my feet underneath me, the pitcher was already standing right there," Turner said. "I probably should have ran to first."