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Jun 27, 2021 | 4:49 PM
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Nelson Cruz hit a three-run homer shortly after Cleveland right fielder Josh Naylor was carted off the field following a frightening collision with a teammate, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Indians 8-2 on Sunday.
Cleveland manager Terry Francona said Naylor had suffered a broken bone, but didn’t say which one, and was being treated at a hospital.
Naylor and rookie second baseman Ernie Clement chased a popup in short right field in the fourth inning on a ball hit by Jorge Polanco. Naylor went flying after the collision and had his right foot catch underneath him, twisting the foot the wrong way.
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Indians OF Naylor injured in scary collision, Twins win 8-2
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Indians Sam Hentges starts against hometown Twins
Field Level Media
26 Jun 2021, 17:55 GMT+10
Rookie left-hander Sam Hentges will make his sixth career big league start on Saturday afternoon for the Cleveland Indians when they face the Minnesota Twins in the third game of their four-game weekend series in Minneapolis.
Indians manager Terry Francona can only hope that Hentges comes close to pitching as well as he did in his last start at Target Field.
That would have been on June 17, 2014, when the 6-foot-6 Hentges allowed five hits and struck out eight while tossing seven shutout innings and leading Mounds View High School from Arden Hills, Minn., to a 9-0 win over Eden Prairie in the state Class AAA championship game.