the game pitcher may only pinch hit for the DH. agreed. but, now that the 3Bman has been dumped, the DH enters the game defensively at 3B. there is no more DH. it's now a 9 man lineup, former DH at 3B batting wherever he was batting, P now hits in the spot vacated by the 3Bman that was dumped. the pitcher isn't pinch hitting for the DH, he has entered the game offensively as a direct result of the DH entering the game defensively.
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