Matsui Out Indefinitely

Hideki Matsui, outfielder for the New York Yankees, fractured his wrist on Thursday night diving for a ball against the Red Sox. He will have surgery on Friday, and be out for the rest of the season.

The play happenend on a bloop hit from Boston's Mark Lorretta in the top of the 1st inning at Yankee Stadium. Since Matsui did not play a full half-inning on defense, or have an at-bat, his consecutive games streak also ended at 518.

Date
Thu 05/11/06, 6:29 pm EST

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