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04/22 20:07 CDT New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor exits game with left
calf tightness
New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor exits game with left calf tightness
By MIKE FITZPATRICK
AP Baseball Writer
NEW YORK (AP) --- No sooner did the struggling New York Mets get a star player
back than another one went down with a similar injury.
Francisco Lindor was removed Wednesday night against the Minnesota Twins with
left calf tightness, just hours after teammate Juan Soto came off the injured
list.
Lindor labored around the bases while scoring from first on Francisco Alvarez's
one-out double up the right-center alley in the fourth inning. The
switch-hitting shortstop grimaced as he rounded third and paused for a bit from
the seat of his pants after beating the relay throw with a feetfirst slide.
Lindor headed down the dugout tunnel with an athletic trainer and was replaced
in the lineup by Brett Baty, who entered at third base in the top of the fifth.
Bo Bichette slid over from third base to shortstop.
Batting cleanup, Lindor knocked in a run when he legged out an infield single
with two outs in the first. Moments earlier, he made an outstanding leaping
grab at shortstop for the second out of the game.
With the Mets on a 12-game losing streak, Soto was reinstated from the 10-day
IL earlier in the day. The slugging outfielder had been sidelined since
straining his right calf while running from first to third on April 3 in San
Francisco.
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