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gorius on the 10-day disabled list with a left heel contusion.The 28-year-old was injured when he collided with Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Kendrys Morales while beating out an infield single during the first inning of Monday's game:He was able to remain in the game to run the bases and came around to score on a Greg Bird grand slam. However , he was removed from the game in the top of the third inning.The transaction is retroactive to Monday. InfielderLuke Voit has been recalled from Triple-A in a corresponding roster move.After the game, New York skipper Aaron Boone acknowledged there was concern surrounding the injury."Not great," Boone said, viaMLB.com. "There is nothing broken or anything like that, but he's got a pretty significant bruise, and there is some swelling in there."Gregorius was having another impressive season, hitting .270/.333/.482 with 22 home runs, 22 doubles , four triples and 74 RBI. He had been hitting .292 with five dingers, four doubles and two triples in 28 games since the All-Star break.This is just the latest injury blow to the Yankees. Outfielder Aaron Judge (wrist), catcher Gary Sanchez (groin), CC Sabathia (knee), outfielder Clint Frazier (concussion) and outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury (hip) are all on the disabled list. Giancarlo Stanton is also playing through a hamstring injury.In the field, Boone does have some options to work with in Gregorius' absence. Both the highly touted Gleyber Torres and Ronald Torreyes can play either shortstop or second. Plus, veteran Neil Walker could see time at second, although he is no longer the hitter he once was.Losing Gregorius will leave a big hole in the middle of New York's lineup , though.None of the Yankees' backup plans can replace his bat, one that has hit 20-plus home runs in three consecutive seasons.New York currently holds a seven-game lead in the wild-card race. While Gregorius' injury will make it nearly impossible to catch the Boston Red Sox, who hold a nine-game lead in the American League East, it shouldn't have a serious effect on the Yankees' playoff status. ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jake Cave watched Mitch Garver wipe out what was left of Minnesota’s six-run deficit with a bases-clearing double.Then the rookie put the Twins in front to match the club’s highest-scoring inning of the season.Cave hit a tiebreaking homer right after Garver’s three-run double in an eight-run fifth, sending the Minnesota Twins to a 10-7 victory over the Texas Rangers on Friday night.Tyler Austin started the fifth with his 15th home run and Garver’s liner to the wall in left-center pulled the Twins even after Nomar Mazara’s 435-foot drive for a three-run shot had given the Rangers a 6-0 lead in the fourth.Cave’s eighth homer was a two-run shot off pulled into the right-field seats in a lefty-lefty matchup against reliever Matt Moore (3-7). Minnesota’s other eight-run innings came in a pair of wins — 9-8 over Houston on April 11 and 10-1 over Baltimore on July 8.“We’re talking about trying to cut it in half and then the next thing you know, we’ve got a chance to get back to even and then Jake had the big at-bat,” manager Paul Molitor said. “A little bit crazy.”Matt Magill (3-2) and three other Minnesota relievers combined to strike out nine in 4 1/3 scoreless innings to help hand the Rangers their fifth straight loss.Trevor May fanned four of the five he faced in the seventh and eighth. Trevor Hildenberger allowed a run without a hit in the ninth.Garver added an RBI double in the seventh , had three hits and reached on a three-base error in the ninth when Carlos Tocci dropped a fly ball as he was crashing into the wall in center field.Handed the big lead on Mazara’s 17th homer , Drew Hutchison didn’t retire any of the four batters he faced in the fifth. Jorge Polanco ended his night with a two-run double . The right-hander has an 8.86 ERA in five starts for Texas.“Tonight was especially frustrating because I felt like I was throwing the ball really well, was in a good rhythm,” Hutchison said. “Then to do that that inning was frustrating.”STILL WAITINGMinnesota left-hander Stephen Gonsalves, looking for his first big league win in his third start, didn’t make it out of the fourth inning. The 24-year-old allowed six hits and six runs — three earned — with no strikeouts and four walks in 3 2/3 innings.“Just making it really hard on himself with the extra baserunners, with the walks and making some mistakes when he was ahead in counts,” Molitor said. “It was a rough go and I think he’d probably be the first to tell you that.”BACK TO THE BULLPENMartin Perez made his first relief appearance for Texas since he was a rookie in 2012. The left-hander pitched two scoreless innings two days after he was taken out of the rotation with a 6.95 ERA in 13 starts.SHORT HOPSAustin’s homer ended a 0-for-11 skid. … The Rangers are assured of a losing record at home after dropping to 29-41. … Garver had his second game of the season with at least three hits and four RBIs. … Joey Gallo made his first start at first base since July 1 , and 30th of season. He’s first Texas player since Brad Wilkerson in 2007 to start at least 30 games at first and in the outfield.TRAINER’S ROOMTwins: Molitor said he didn’t expect LF Eddie Rosario to play the rest of this nine-game road trip after leaving Thursday’s 5-3 loss at Cleveland with tightness in his right quadriceps muscle. The trip ends Wednesday in Houston. … SS Polanco returned after missing all three games against the Indians with a strained left hamstring.Rangers: Manager Jeff Banister said RHP Bartolo Colon (lower back strain) is the likely starter Sunday. The 45-year-old was eligible to come off the disabled list Friday.UP NEXTTwins RHP Jose Berrios (11-9, 3.74 ERA) had a career-high 12 strikeouts in seven shutout innings in his previous start against Texas. Rangers RHP Yovani Gallardo (7-3, 6.01) is winless in his past three starts. Gallardo won seven of his first nine starts after rejoining one of his former teams in June.

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