Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera exited Saturday’s game against the Houston Astros with a strained right hamstring.
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Cabrera Suffers Hamstring Strain vs. Astros
Saturday, July 11
The Rays’ official Twitter account reported the news of Cabrera’s injury. Matt Baker of the Tampa Bay Times added that Cabrera was running for home when he hurt himself, still managing to score on an RBI single by Rene Rivera. The two-time All-Star was replaced by Jake Elmore at shortstop.
Having missed just four of 89 prior games this season, Cabrera figures to be back in action soon enough. It’s rather fortuitous for the 29-year-old that the All-Star break begins after Sunday’s games.
WTSP-TV 10 News’ Dave Wirth nevertheless lamented the Rays’ latest injury woes:
Although Cabrera’s hitting has improved of late and his fielding is tremendous, with just two errors, he’s hitting just .223 for the season. Elmore was only a .214 hitter entering the game, so Tampa Bay could use Cabrera’s wakening bat to help a struggling offense that ranked 25th in MLB in runs scored entering Saturday.
A tough recent stretch has seen the Rays lose 12 of their last 14 games. They need all the help they can get and for Cabrera to be healthy to stay in a tight American League East race following the All-Star break.
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