Blue Jays place Gurriel Jr. on 10-day IL due to left hamstring strain

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The Toronto Blue Jays placed outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. on the 10-day injured list on Friday due to a left hamstring strain.

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The Toronto Blue Jays placed outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. on the 10-day injured list on Friday due to a left hamstring strain.

The move is retroactive to Thursday. Gurriel exited Wednesday’s 4-1 win over the Baltimore Orioles in the second inning with the injury.

Gurriel, 28, has the second-best batting average on the team at .291, and has five home runs to go along with 52 RBIs in 121 games this season.

Toronto Blue Jays' Lourdes Gurriel Jr. leaves the game after a play at first base against the Baltimore Orioles during the second inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, in Baltimore. The Toronto Blue Jays placed outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. on the 10-day injured list on Friday due to a left hamstring strain.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Julio Cortez
Toronto Blue Jays' Lourdes Gurriel Jr. leaves the game after a play at first base against the Baltimore Orioles during the second inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, in Baltimore. The Toronto Blue Jays placed outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. on the 10-day injured list on Friday due to a left hamstring strain.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Julio Cortez

Toronto (76-60) has won six of its last seven games entering the first of a three-game series against the Texas Rangers on Friday night.

The Blue Jays sit in third in the American League East and hold the final American League wild-card spot.

The team also announced that infielder Otto Lopez has been recalled from triple-A and will be active on Friday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 9, 2022.

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