Nelson Cruz to DL

Posted on August 14th, 2009 3:46pm by Evan Grant
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The Rangers placed OF Nelson Cruz on the disabled list this afternoon with a sprained left ankle. Cruz has not played since spraining his ankle on the final play of the game at Oakland on August 3. The club back-dated the DL move to August 4 and Cruz will have to miss five more games. Meanwhile, 2B Ian Kinsler is being activated, but he has not yet arrived from Tulsa due to travel delays. Kinsler played the last two days for Frisco at Tulsa on a rehab assignment. Omar Vizquel is playing second tonight.

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5 Comments to “Nelson Cruz to DL”
  • brian @ August 14th, 2009 at 3:48 pm

    so is kins starting?

  • Dan @ August 14th, 2009 at 4:03 pm

    No, but he’ll be available to pinch hit.

  • Chadb @ August 14th, 2009 at 4:13 pm

    Evan,

    what time is the deadline on Monday for signing picks?

  • Tom B @ August 14th, 2009 at 5:35 pm

    Should have anticipated Cruz injury extent and had a bat up to pinch hit for two weeks.
    Is there no one on the 40 that they wanted to look at? Dang it, Double Dang it!!

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