Evan Longoria Exits Game; Hamstring Injury?

by Tommy Rancel on Jun 24, 2009 9:22 PM EDT

Evan Longoria exited tonight's game after seven innings. Willy Aybar took his place at third base to start the top of the eight inning. Longoria busted out of the box on a sixth inning double, but eased up as he headed in to second base. He continued to stay in for the rest of the sixth inning as well as the seventh. Many people have commented that Longoria hasn't looked 100% since he's returned from his earlier hamstring injury that forced him to miss nearly a week of action.

Official word is a sore left hammy.

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Just confirmed by Rays

Yes – sore hammy

by Longorious on Jun 24, 2009 9:38 PM EDT reply actions

Hopefully he gets healthy

He’s gotta start his first All-Star game in a few weeks. But this is probably explains why he’s not played well in June, but a testament of his talent level because he’s still playing fairly well

by Transplanted on Jun 24, 2009 10:09 PM EDT reply actions

I'd be perfectly content with Maddon giving Longo a week of rest

If his bat is suffering from this then there’s no real point of having him play every day if he’s not 100%

by acablue on Jun 24, 2009 10:14 PM EDT reply actions

its not though

so DH?

by Jombari on Jun 24, 2009 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions

Is has....

Maybe not today or yesterday, but ever since he came back to play in that Yankees series, he hasn’t been hitting as well. His BA even dipped below .300 for a time

by acablue on Jun 24, 2009 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions