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“It’s a left side, oblique range area,” manager Craig Counsell
said. "We’ll do an MRI tomorrow. I think we can tell it's severe
enough right now that it’s an injury list, but we’ll get better
information tomorrow."
Swanson, a two-time Gold Glove winner at shortstop, seemed to
twist awkwardly after swinging at a high fastball. He stepped
outside the batter's box, talked briefly with Counsell and
training staff, and exited to the dugout.
“My left side just kind of tightened up on me and obviously it
was enough to where I did feel like I needed to keep going,"
Swanson said. ”I've really never been in a position like this
before.
“Never have I had a soft tissue injury in my whole professional
career,” Swanson added. “We’ll hopefully find out some really
good news tomorrow and we’ll be on our way. We’ll understand
tomorrow just kind of like the extent and plans for moving
forward.”
Swanson was replaced in the at-bat by James Triantos, who went
on to draw a walk. Triantos remained in the game at second base,
with Nico Hoerner moving from second to short.
The 32-year-old Swanson, in his 11th season, had Saturday off as
a routine maintenance day. He entered Sunday batting .216 with
18 home runs and 66 RBIs.
The two-time All-Star has played at shortstop in 117 of the
Cubs' 125 games this season. Swanson entered Sunday with a .987
fielding percentage.
Hoerner, a two-time Gold Glove winner himself, figures to take
over at shortstop with Swanson out. Pedro Ramirez would probably
slot in at second.
“Obviously, Dansby has been an incredibly durable player and we
have not needed to use it (switching Hoerner at shortstop) very
much,” Counsell said. “This is something else Nico brings to the
table and it's an important thing he brings to the table. And
it's obviously going to be highlighted the next couple of
weeks.”
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