Associated Press
Updated: August 10, 2008, 3:05 PM ET
SEATTLE -- The surprising run of the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays took a hit Sunday when the club placed outfielder Carl Crawford on the 15-day disabled list with a hand injury.
Crawford left the club in Seattle and headed back to Tampa for an examination by team doctors. Crawford injured a tendon in his right middle finger making a check swing in Saturday night's 11-inning win over the Mariners.
The Rays activated outfielder Rocco Baldelli from the 60-day disabled list to start Sunday in right field, his first game in more than a year. Baldelli missed the final 124 games of last season with a hamstring injury, then missed all of this year with a mitochondrial disorder, a condition that slows muscle recovery and causes fatigue.
Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press
Updated: August 10, 2008, 3:05 PM ET
SEATTLE -- The surprising run of the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays took a hit Sunday when the club placed outfielder Carl Crawford on the 15-day disabled list with a hand injury.
Crawford left the club in Seattle and headed back to Tampa for an examination by team doctors. Crawford injured a tendon in his right middle finger making a check swing in Saturday night's 11-inning win over the Mariners.
The Rays activated outfielder Rocco Baldelli from the 60-day disabled list to start Sunday in right field, his first game in more than a year. Baldelli missed the final 124 games of last season with a hamstring injury, then missed all of this year with a mitochondrial disorder, a condition that slows muscle recovery and causes fatigue.
Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press
