Detroit Tigers’ Robbie Grossman leaves game with right hand contusion

LOS ANGELES — Detroit Tigers outfielder Robbie Grossman exited Sunday’s sequence finale towards the Los Angeles Dodgers earlier than the underside of the second inning with a proper hand contusion.

He seems to have prevented a critical harm.

“Preliminary X-rays are detrimental for a fracture,” Tigers supervisor A.J. Hinch stated after Sunday’s 6-3 loss. “That is a superb signal.”

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Grossman, 32, sustained the harm within the batter’s field within the high of the second. Dodgers right-hander Walker Buehler drilled him in the precise hand with a fifth-pitch 92.8 mph cutter to load the bases with two outs.

The Tigers allowed Grossman to remain within the recreation and run the bases, however after Javier Báez’s strikeout stranded the runners, athletic coach Doug Teter checked on Grossman and walked alongside him as he exited the dugout.

“When he acquired hit, we went on the market and it was his hand,” Hinch stated. “By the point he was completed on the bases, it was fairly black and blue already. We took him out, acquired X-rays. They’re detrimental proper now. We’ll get additional checks within the morning.”

Eric Haase changed Grossman in left discipline.

Grossman, a switch-hitter, completed Sunday’s recreation with one stroll, one hit-by-pitch and one stolen base in his two plate appearances. By way of 18 video games, he’s hitting .288 with two doubles, 5 RBIs, 11 walks and 22 strikeouts.

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That is Grossman’s second harm this season.

He departed from an April 12 recreation towards the Boston Purple Sox with proper groin tightness. The ten-year MLB veteran prevented a visit to the injured record however did not return to the lineup till April 16.

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