SEATTLE – Shortstop Jeremy Peña was out of the Houston Astros’ lineup Wednesday towards Seattle, an evening after he was hit on the appropriate forearm by a pitch.
Peña underwent X-rays that confirmed “there is not any injury” within the space however was nonetheless “fairly sore,” supervisor Joe Espada mentioned pregame. It was unclear if Peña could be out there off the bench Wednesday evening.
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Peña was hit by a 96.4 mph sinker from Mariners right-hander Carlos Vargas within the eighth inning Tuesday, slamming his bat in frustration. He stayed in to run the bases however was changed on protection within the backside of the inning.
The Astros entered Wednesday tied atop the American League West with the Rangers with 5 video games to play. Houston has the tiebreaker towards Texas. Espada expressed hope that Peña may solely miss a recreation with the Astros beginning a four-game collection towards the A’s on Thursday in West Sacramento, Calif.
Peña, the Astros’ leadoff hitter, has a 123 OPS-plus this season and was 11-for-30 in his previous seven video games getting into Wednesday. The Astros, who’ve scored the second-fewest runs within the majors for the reason that Aug. 3 commerce deadline, had been 56-48 with Peña within the beginning lineup and 22-31 with out him.
Middle fielder Daulton Varsho was absent from Houston’s lineup for a 3rd consecutive recreation because of a left wrist challenge. His availability off the bench was additionally unclear pregame.
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“Varsho could be very slowly progressing,” Espada mentioned. “There’s nonetheless some stiffness in that wrist. Anytime he does any baseball exercise, it simply stiffens up on him. So we’ll see how way more (time) he wants.”
The Astros’ lone commerce deadline addition, Varsho entered Wednesday with a .172 common and .535 OPS in his 41 video games with the group.
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This text initially printed at Jeremy Peña out of Houston Astros’ lineup for collection finale vs. Seattle Mariners.