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Mariners place Jean Segura on DL with high-ankle sprain

Seattle Mariners' Jean Segura, bottom, is examined by trainer Rob Nodine after suffering an injury sliding into second base in the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Thursday, June 1, 2017, in Seattle. Segura was out on the play and left the game. Photo: Associated Press/(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)


SEATTLE (AP) — The Mariners placed shortstop Jean Segura on the 10-day disabled list Friday with a right high-ankle sprain. Designated hitter Nelson Cruz won’t be joining him on the DL despite being hit on his left hand by a pitch.

Manager Scott Servais said it would probably be a week before Segura is re-evaluated. Segura is tied for the AL lead with a .341 batting average.

Segura was hurt in Thursday’s loss to Colorado when his right ankle was pinned awkwardly underneath his body while he was sliding into second base.

 


Seattle Mariners manager Scott Servais, right, watches as a trainer
talks with Nelson Cruz (23) after Cruz was hit on the top of his left
hand with a pitch from Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Kyle Freeland
during the third inning of a baseball game, Thursday, June 1, 2017,
in Seattle. Cruz remained in the game but was replaced with pinch-hitter
Boog Powell in the fifth inning. The Rockies won 6-3. (AP Photo/Ted
S. Warren)

Cruz suffered a bruised hand when he was hit by a pitch from Colorado’s Kyle Freeland in the third inning Thursday, but he was feeling well enough to be in the lineup at designated hitter Friday.
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