Diamondbacks manger Torey Lovullo unveiled his lineup for Game 1 of the NLDS against the Dodgers Friday and fans immediately questioned his choice at catcher.

Lovullo has Jeff Mathis starting at catcher and hitting eighth, ahead of starting pitcher Taijuan Walker.

Lovullo said Friday that he made the move because he likes the way Mathis "matches up" with Walker.

"C.I. (Iannetta) is going to find himself in the middle of a lot of games," Lovullo told the media. "We went with a two-catcher combination throughout the course of the year, And this is what I wanted. Well, two, really three, but they split a lot of time and I wanted to stay with the script."

Mathis homered off Clayton Kershaw in the seventh inning of Friday's Game 1 loss. Walker was pulled after allowing four runs in the first inning.

Diamondbacks insider Nick Piecoro brought up the possibility of a strained relationship between Iannetta and Walker leading to Mathis' start on Friday. Watch him discuss that with columnist Dan Bickley in the video below.

Diamondbacks fans were confounded by the choice of Mathis over Chris Iannetta, who is better offensively.

azcentral sports' Greg Moore compared the catchers Thursday:

"Mathis vs. Iannetta defensively is a wash, although Mathis does better throwing out base runners. He’s caught 14 of the 33 runners who’ve tried to steal on him, compared with Iannetta’s 8 for 33. "Iannetta is far better offensively, hitting 40 points higher with 15 more home runs this year."

However, as Moore's column also pointed out, some of Lovullo's moves that fans have viewed as unorthodox have paid off, and one must look no further than Archie Bradley's triple for a recent example.

Some fans also voiced displeasure over Lovullo's choice to leave Jake Lamb out of the lineup, but they flooded social media over the Mathis-Iannetta decision.

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