“While he’s not here, we’re going to have to pick up the slack,” Theriot said. Alfonso Soriano was sitting at his locker before Wednesday’s game against Atlanta when a clubhouse attendant placed a Soriano jersey in front of him and told him Braves pitcher Tim Hudson asked him to autograph it.
284 with 40 RBIs and a team-leading 15 home runs. It’s a bad break for us, just an unfortunate thing. “It [stinks] because we’re on the losing end of it.
Soriano was hit in the left hand by a pitch from Braves starter Jeff Bennett and was removed from the game for a pinch-runner in the second inning.
Be we can’t let it get us down.
But a couple of hours later in a 7-2 victory over Atlanta, Soriano was hit on the left hand on an 0-2 pitch by Braves pitcher Jeff Bennett in the second inning, suffering a broken bone that will force him to miss at least six weeks. He’s expected to be in a splint for six weeks.
The Cubs will call up Triple-A outfielder Micah Hoffpauir one day earlier than expected on Thursday to take Soriano’s roster spot.
Bennett, who replaced Jair Jurjjens after the Braves starter injured his ankle falling down the dugout steps after Tuesday’s game, was not accused of intentionally throwing at Soriano. We have a farm system, and we’ll utilize it. Alfonso Soriano will be in a splint for three weeks with a broken bone in his left hand, and is expected to miss approximately six weeks of action. Ryan Theriot is expected to move into the leadoff spot.
“If you’re going to go in, you better go in or it’s going to wind up on Waveland [Avenue],” Dempster said.
After another rough start, Soriano was hitting .
“It’s a shame, but those things happen in baseball.
The Cubs will call up outfielder Micah Hoffpauir from Triple-A Iowa on Thursday to take Soriano’s place on the roster.
He was starting to run the way we thought he would, playing well in the outfield.
Soriano will be in a splint for the next three weeks, at which time the Cubs will have a better estimate of how soon he might be able to come back.
“A costly loss,” Cubs manager Lou Piniella said.
“No, that’s the guy that hit me last year,” Soriano replied, referring to a contentious series between the two clubs at Turner Field last June.
“No, the ball just got away,” Derrek Lee said.
X-rays of the hand taken at Northwestern Memorial hospital revealed a minimally displaced fracture of the left fourth metacarpal, located just under the fourth finger on his left hand. Cubs leadoff hitter Alfonso Soriano is expected to miss at least six weeks after suffering a broken left hand when hit by a pitch in the second inning tonight. “It wasn’t intentional.
“No question.
X-rays revealed a “minimally displaced fracture of the fourth metacarpal”— the bone that extends from the base of the pinkie finger into the hand— the team said. More sports commentary available on My View of the News.
