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Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr. hurt on slide, leaves game

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Posted at 9:38 PM, Jul 30, 2021
and last updated 2021-07-31 00:38:48-04

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. of the San Diego Padres appeared to injure his left shoulder sliding awkwardly into third base against the Colorado Rockies and left the game.

Tatis, the NL's starting shortstop in the All-Star Game, singled and advanced on Manny Machado’s sharp grounder to third baseman Ryan McMahon, who came up with the ball but then had it pop out of his glove and roll behind him into short left-field.

Tatis made a dash for third but shortstop Brendan Rodgers ran toward third, took the throw from McMahon and tagged out the sliding Tatis.