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Injury May Sideline Quentin For Season

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The Associated Press

The Tampa Tribune

Published: September 6, 2008

CHICAGO - American League home run leader Carlos Quentin has a broken right wrist stemming from his own temper, and the White Sox left fielder will have surgery Monday that could sideline him for the rest of the season.

Quentin was injured Monday night in Cleveland. After fouling off a pitch while batting against Cliff Lee, Quentin hit his right hand on the bat as he was holding it with his left.

During the surgery, a screw will be inserted into the wrist, and he will be re-evaluated in two to three weeks. Quentin is batting .288 with 36 homers and a team-high 100 RBIs.

Rangers' Kinsler Out For Season

ARLINGTON, Texas - Ian Kinsler's breakout season is done.

The Rangers' All-Star second baseman will have season-ending surgery next week to repair a sports hernia.

"I really didn't have a decision," Kinsler said Friday. "If I want to fix this injury, then I have to have surgery."

Kinsler last played Aug. 17, and was put on the disabled list the next day after an MRI revealed the injury. Kinsler was hopeful of avoiding surgery and possibly playing again this season. But things weren't progressing like he hoped and the Rangers are out of the playoff chase.

BREWERS: Third baseman Mike Lamb was signed by Milwaukee, which hoped to bolster its roster for the final month of the season.

NATIONALS: Pitcher Shawn Hill is expected to be ready for spring training after having bone spurs and calcium deposits scraped from his right elbow on Friday.

Hill underwent arthroscopic surgery in Pensacola, where Dr. James Andrews performed the procedure.

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