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Turner suffered this harm within the ninth inning of Monday’s sport towards the Seattle Mariners.
The harm bug bit the Boston Pink Sox once more, however this time it spared them from one thing devastating.
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Designated hitter Justin Turner is day-to-day with a left heel contusion (h/t Chris Cotillo of MassLive). He left Monday’s sport towards the Seattle Mariners after he jammed his foot working to first base within the ninth inning.
This harm doesn’t look like critical, with supervisor Alex Cora providing a couple of phrases of optimism to reporters after the sport.
“They’re gonna test on him however he ought to be fantastic,” Cora mentioned, per Cotillo. “It was his [heel] when he hit the bag so we’ll see how he feels.”
The Pink Sox have been on fireplace because the summer time started, and Turner is a large a part of that. He has totaled a significant league-leading 49 RBIs since June 1 and has been hitting .341 with a 1.020 OPS since that month ended. He has single handedly saved the Pink Sox offense in a number of video games this season, twice towards the San Francisco Giants this weekend.
This isn’t Turner’s first baseball harm this calendar 12 months, and it definitely isn’t the worst. A fastball hit him within the face throughout a spring coaching sport on March 9, however he was again in motion two weeks later.
As of Tuesday morning, Turner is questionable for Tuesday night time’s sport towards the Seattle Mariners. No matter Turner’s standing, the sport will begin at 9:40 p.m., when Mariners pitcher Bryce Miller will take the mound and oppose Brayan Bello and the Pink Sox.
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