SlickNick
March-11th-2004, 06:45 PM
Associated Press
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Baltimore Orioles shortstop Miguel Tejada left Thursday's game against Boston with strained lower right leg muscle.
"Everything is fine. ... I'm going to be OK," Tejada said after the Orioles' 10-8 victory over the Red Sox. "It just hurt real bad for about five seconds and then it went away. After the doc checked it and I got some ice, it went away."
Tejada, who has the longest active consecutive games played streak in the major leagues at 594, came out after Mark Bellhorn hit a chopper between third and shortstop for the first out of the fourth inning. Third baseman Melvin Mora cut in front of Tejada to make the play.
Orioles manager Lee Mazzilli and head trainer Richie Bancells came on the field to tend to Tejada, who stood with hands on hips, bent at the waist.
"The thing that was bothering him more than anything was the cramping," Bancells said.
X-rays were taken at City of Palms Park to determine the extent of the injury, which began to bother Tejada during warmups, Bancells said. Tejada returned to the Orioles clubhouse on a motorized cart and went to the training room for treatment, walking without a limp.
"I didn't drink too much water today. I think that's why I got a cramp," Tejada said.
After a brief discussion, Tejada was replaced by Luis Lopez.
Lopez later left the game with a cramp in his left calf, while Mora left in the eighth inning after being hit above the left elbow by a Reynaldo Garcia pitch. Neither injury is believed to be serious, Mazzilli said, and both players are day to day.
A former AL MVP with Oakland, Tejada agreed in December to a $72 million, six-year contract with the Orioles.
He hit a two-run homer in the first inning and an RBI double in the third. Tejada is 9-for-20 (.450) with two homers and six RBI this spring.
Tejada was not scheduled to accompany the Orioles to Viera for their Friday game against Montreal, but will receive treatments in Fort Lauderdale.
"I'm playing Saturday," he said.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Baltimore Orioles shortstop Miguel Tejada left Thursday's game against Boston with strained lower right leg muscle.
"Everything is fine. ... I'm going to be OK," Tejada said after the Orioles' 10-8 victory over the Red Sox. "It just hurt real bad for about five seconds and then it went away. After the doc checked it and I got some ice, it went away."
Tejada, who has the longest active consecutive games played streak in the major leagues at 594, came out after Mark Bellhorn hit a chopper between third and shortstop for the first out of the fourth inning. Third baseman Melvin Mora cut in front of Tejada to make the play.
Orioles manager Lee Mazzilli and head trainer Richie Bancells came on the field to tend to Tejada, who stood with hands on hips, bent at the waist.
"The thing that was bothering him more than anything was the cramping," Bancells said.
X-rays were taken at City of Palms Park to determine the extent of the injury, which began to bother Tejada during warmups, Bancells said. Tejada returned to the Orioles clubhouse on a motorized cart and went to the training room for treatment, walking without a limp.
"I didn't drink too much water today. I think that's why I got a cramp," Tejada said.
After a brief discussion, Tejada was replaced by Luis Lopez.
Lopez later left the game with a cramp in his left calf, while Mora left in the eighth inning after being hit above the left elbow by a Reynaldo Garcia pitch. Neither injury is believed to be serious, Mazzilli said, and both players are day to day.
A former AL MVP with Oakland, Tejada agreed in December to a $72 million, six-year contract with the Orioles.
He hit a two-run homer in the first inning and an RBI double in the third. Tejada is 9-for-20 (.450) with two homers and six RBI this spring.
Tejada was not scheduled to accompany the Orioles to Viera for their Friday game against Montreal, but will receive treatments in Fort Lauderdale.
"I'm playing Saturday," he said.
:wavetowel :high: