Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista leaves game in 8th inning with wrist injury

By Abbey Westbury
July 16 2012 09:37 PM

CP19435465 — Toronto Blue Jays\' Jose Bautista, left, slides home past New York Yankees catcher Russell Martin during the sixth inning of the baseball game Monday, July 16, 2012 at Yankee Stadium in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig).

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista has left a game against the New York Yankees in the eighth inning because of a wrist injury.

Bautista immediately grabbed his left wrist and dropped into a crouch outside the batter’s box after hitting a long foul ball Monday night against David Robertson. Several members of Toronto’s staff attended to Bautista, who was tied for second in the majors with 27 homers.

After a few minutes, he walked off the field holding his wrist and Ben Francisco took over at bat with a 2-1 count. Francisco walked.

No further details on the injury were immediately available.

Bautista was 0 for 2 with a walk and a run scored.

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