Joe Trezza
BALTIMORE — Already hamstrung by accidents in quite a lot of methods this yr, the Rangers obtained one other huge scare on that entrance Saturday evening.
Texas celebrity shortstop Corey Seager<\/a> exited the membership\u2019s 6-5<\/a> loss to the Orioles after being struck on the left wrist by a Cade Povich pitch within the fifth inning. Preliminary X-rays on Seager\u2019s left wrist have been detrimental and he will probably be re-evaluated on Sunday, the crew mentioned.
\u201cThat\u2019s excellent news for us,\u201d supervisor Bruce Bochy mentioned. \u201cWe\u2019re hoping tomorrow is nice information, too.\u201d
Seager may nonetheless require additional imaging down the street, as X-rays alone generally aren\u2019t capable of detect the total scope of hand and wrist accidents. The Rangers are additionally experiencing that type of state of affairs now with Josh Jung, whom they a minimum of temporarily shut down again Saturday<\/a> with concern for his surgically repaired proper wrist.
\u201cIf we expect we’d like one other [test], we\u2019ll do this,\u201d Bochy mentioned. \u201cWe received the very best information we may\u2019ve received on the primary one. I do know generally these items present up later, and it's just a little little bit of a priority as a result of it received him fairly good. However we\u2019re hoping for the very best.\u201d
Requested if there was an opportunity he may very well be in Sunday\u2019s lineup, Seager was non-committal.
\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d he mentioned. \u201cI\u2019ll discover out tomorrow.\u201d
Nonetheless, Seager and the Rangers really feel a way of cautiously optimistic aid, given how a lot worse issues regarded immediately. Seager cleared his hips as if to start swinging on the left-handed Povich\u2019s 90.5 mph sinker earlier than recognizing it was boring in on him — and quick. He checked his swing because the pitch struck his left, path hand, and fell to the bottom.
Although Seager shortly stood up underneath his personal energy, he instantly bolted to the dugout earlier than crew assistant athletic coach Jacob Newburn even reached the batting circle.
\u201cWhen he walked off, I used to be sick to my abdomen,\u201d Bochy mentioned.
Seager stopped wanting saying he assumed the wrist was damaged, however acknowledged the gravity of the preliminary concern.
\u201cYou by no means assume, however it wasn\u2019t nice,\u201d Seager mentioned. \u201cAnytime it's not damaged in that state of affairs, it\u2019s higher than it may very well be, so I don\u2019t know. We\u2019ll see how I are available tomorrow and reply that higher tomorrow.\u201d
Davis Wendzel changed Seager on the bases and stayed within the recreation at third whereas Josh Smith shifted over to shortstop the next inning. At that time, Seager had accounted for half the Rangers\u2019 offense together with his fifteenth residence run, a solo shot off Povich within the first.
Derek Hill, Nathaniel Lowe and Adolis Garc\u00eda additionally homered in assist of Michael Lorenzen, however Orioles designated hitter Heston Kjerstad\u2019s fifth-inning grand slam helped ship the Rangers to their sixth straight loss.
Texas can also be mired in a nine-game street shedding streak, because it dropped to a season-worst 9 video games underneath .500. Total, the Rangers are simply 17-27 on the street this season, third-worst within the American League behind solely the A\u2019s (12-32) and White Sox (8-33).
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\u201cLightning hit us twice on this street journey, two-out grand slams,\u201d Bochy mentioned. \u201cThe one factor you are able to do is energy your manner by way of this factor we\u2019re in \u2026 All you are able to do is preserve going arduous and see what occurs on the finish.\u201d
The Rangers have performed a lot of the yr with out key regulars Max Scherzer (recently returned<\/a>), Jacob deGrom and Jung, and their offense is presently with out Evan Carter, as nicely, because it stumbles by way of a protracted tough stretch. Texas will enter play Sunday tied for seventeenth in MLB in runs scored (346) after having the sport\u2019s third-most potent offense in 2023.
Final yr\u2019s World Sequence MVP, Seager is hitting .260 with 37 RBIs and a .796 OPS in 72 video games this season. Seager\u2019s homer on Saturday was his second in his previous 21 video games, after hitting eight in an eight-game span in late Might.
\u201cIt sucks, however glad the X-ray got here up detrimental,\u201d Lorenzen mentioned. \u201cHopefully he can get better as shortly as attainable, as a result of we’d like him.\u201d<\/p>\n