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Pence sustained the injury Sunday against the
Cincinnati Reds, when he was playing right field and chasing
Jose Peraza's hit into the corner in the fifth inning. He pulled
up near the line as the ball landed and bounced into the stands
for a ground-rule double.
An MRI exam Monday revealed the strain. Pence, 36, is hitting
.294 with 15 home runs and 48 RBIs in 55 games this season, his
first with the Rangers after signing as a free agent from the
San Francisco Giants.
He is second to Boston's J.D. Martinez at designated hitter in
the first round of All-Star voting in the American League.
--San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado was suspended one
game and fined an undisclosed amount for "aggressively arguing
and making contact with" an umpire Saturday, MLB announced.
The suspension was to be served Monday night, with the Padres
hosting the Milwaukee Brewers, but it will be delayed after
Machado chose to appeal. He told reporters before the game he
didn't believe he made contact with umpire Bill Welke, who
ejected Machado in the top of the fifth inning in Saturday's
game against the Colorado Rockies in Denver.
"I didn't touch him. I didn't think I touched him. Video says it
all," Machado said of the encounter. .".. I think we've got a
good case. I don't think anyone's ever gotten suspended a game
for arguing balls and strikes."
--In the span of a week, the New York Yankees' lineup could get
a complete makeover with the addition of American League home
run leader Edwin Encarnacion and the healthy return of
outfielders Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge.
Encarnacion, acquired from the Seattle Mariners, was in the
lineup Monday night against the Tampa Bay Rays as the Yankees
returned home from a road trip for what is setting up as an
explosive homestand. Batting fifth as New York's designated
hitter, he went 0-for-4 in the Yankees' 3-0 win.
The homestand may include more fireworks because the usual
middle-of-the-order bombers, Stanton and Judge, are close to
being on the field at Yankee Stadium. For Stanton, that will
happen Tuesday. Judge is close, and could be back with the team
by the end of the weekend after not stepping to the plate since
the opening series of the season against the Baltimore Orioles.
--With just days remaining until the end of the first-round of
All-Star voting, a pair of Los Angeles outfielders continue to
lead.
Cody Bellinger of the Dodgers leads all vote-getters with
2,184,251, and the Angels' Mike Trout tops the American League
balloting with 1,904,273.
New voting rules have divided the balloting into rounds. At the
conclusion of the first round, which ends Friday, the top three
players at each position -- nine in the outfield -- will move on
to the next round of balloting with the vote tally starting
over.
--Field Level Media
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