Atlanta Braves All-Star catcher Brian McCann left the game Sunday against the Phillies after Shane Victorino ran him over in the sixth .
Atlanta Braves All-Star Brian McCann left the game Sunday against the Phillies after Shane Victorino ran him over in the sixth .
It appeared Victorino collided into McCann to mask. McCann stayed down for a couple minutes, before walking off the grazing on his own. There was no close word on McCann’s grievance.
Victorino scored on Ryan Howard’s single to right playing field, shocking the ball ample upon building contact.
It’s the additional time this season a Phillies entertainer injured a with a confrontation at the serving dish. Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina sustained a mild concussion after getting over by Eric Bruntlett on June 15.
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Tigers reliever Joel Zumaya left Sunday’s game against the Chicago White Sox in the eighth inning with tightness in his right .
Zumaya 1 1-3 turn before , accompanied by trainer Kevin Rand, after Orlando Cabrera hit a flyball to right with a racer on elementary for the opening out of the eighth.
The Tigers said Zumaya is day to day.
Zumaya last after offseason accept . He had surgery on a tendon in his right average bit last season.
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The Texas Rangers activated jug Eric Hurley to turn Sunday against the Oakland Athletics and sent Max Ramirez to Double-A Frisco.
The right-handed Hurley went on the disabled list July 8 because of a false left . He last pitched June 29, getting his essential chief association win by allowing one earned run in 5 2-3 batting to lead Texas past Philadelphia, 5-1.
Hurley is 1-1 with a 3.57 ERA through his key four major confederacy starts.
Ramirez came up from Frisco on June 21 and hit .233 with two home runs and nine RBIs in 13 tournament. In 67 competition with Frisco, he’s hitting .363 with 17 homers and 50 RBIs.
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The Pittsburgh Pirates called up right- Jason Davis from Triple-A Indianapolis and sent first chief-round draft pick John Van Benschoten back to the junior before Sunday’s game against the San Diego Padres.
Davis was 6-9 with a 4.41 ERA in 21 appearances for Indianapolis. The 28-year-old had been the team’s best starter of late, with a 2-0 top score and a 1.95 ERA in his past four outings.
Right-hander Jeff Karstens, one of three starting chosen up Saturday in a six-performer trade with the Yankees, will join the team Monday and is expected to take Van Benschoten’s spot in the rotation, conventional manager Neal Huntington said.
Karstens’ basic birth with Pittsburgh is expected to be next holiday in Chicago. He will take the roster spot left vacated when reliever Damaso Marte was traded to New York with Xavier Nady.
Davis signed as a free go-between with the Pirates on March 29 after being released by the Texas Rangers. He in the main leagues for the Cleveland Indians and Seattle Mariners from 2002-07, compiling a 20-22 high with a 4.78 ERA in 130 knockout.
The 28-year-old Van Benschoten, who has been called up three this season, was returned to Indianapolis succeeding additional poor gain Saturday in a 9-6 loss to the Padres and now will be into a . He allowed seven runs and six hits in 1 2-3 round to increase his ERA to 10.48 in nine meet this season.
Huntington said a starting pitcher can get only so many opportunities and the Pirates must find out if Van Benschoten can be real throwing only one or two go at a time.
“There are numerous relievers in the foremost who didn’t make it as ,” Huntington said.
To make room for Davis on the 40-man roster, the Pirates starter Luis Munoz for obligation. Munoz, a 26-year-old right-, has pitched for Indianapolis and Double-A Altoona this season.