Twins Place Royce Lewis on Injured List, Buxton Exits Game
The Minnesota Twins have placed third baseman Royce Lewis on the 10-day injured list due to a left hamstring strain.
The announcement was made on Saturday, one day after Lewis was injured running to first base in Friday night’s loss to the Astros. Lewis underwent an MRI on Saturday.
Center fielder Byron Buxton also left Saturday’s game against the Astros in the seventh inning due to a hit on his left elbow.
Lewis’s injury occurs after he missed the first 35 games of the season due to a moderate strain in the same hamstring, suffered during spring training.
Lewis, the first overall pick of the 2017 draft, has had a career marked by injuries. Last season, he was only able to participate in 82 games due to a severe quadriceps strain and a groin injury. These injuries added to the rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament of the right knee in 2021 and 2022.
Lewis, who hit a home run on Friday night, has a batting average of .202 with two home runs and nine RBIs in 30 games this season.
Houston pitcher Hunter Brown hit Buxton on the left elbow at the start of the sixth inning. Buxton was checked by a trainer, but remained in the game before being replaced in center field by Harrison Bader in the bottom of the seventh inning.
