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Christian Yelich Out With Back Tightness on Wednesday Night
Milwaukee Brewers outfielder/designated hitter Christian Yelich (back) is not in the team's starting lineup for Game 2 of their series at home against the San Diego Padres due to back soreness, according to Adam McCalvy of MLB.com. "His back was a little sore. He wants to play, but I'm not going to get into this, especially when it deals with his back, because he's had this. Just going to let it calm down, and not going to listen to him on this one. I'm going to take every precaution I can," manager Pat Murphy said. Yelich missed around a month with a left-groin strain before returning to go 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in Tuesday's win over SD. The former MVP has a history with back issues and had a microdiscectomy procedure in 2024, so Milwaukee isn't going to take any chances. Don't be surprised if he also sits out Thursday's series finale. Jake Bauers is serving as the DH on Wednesday and will hit cleanup for the Brew Crew against Padres ace right-hander Michael King. Yelich has hit a nice .291 (16-for-55) on the year, but with only one home run, 10 RBI, 10 runs, and three steals due to nearly a month missed while on the injured list.
Source: MLB.com - Adam McCalvy
Source: MLB.com - Adam McCalvy
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