É«É«À² Blue Jays’ Bo Bichette (11) is helped off the field by Isiah Kiner-Falefa (7) after being tagged out at home during the sixth inning of a baseball game agains the New York Yankees, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
É«É«À² Blue Jays’ Bo Bichette breaks his bat while hitting a run-scoring double during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
AL East-leading Blue Jays put SS Bo Bichette on 10-day IL because of sprained left knee
TORONTO (AP) — The É«É«À² Blue Jays put shortstop Bo Bichette on the 10-day injured list Tuesday because of a sprained left knee, retroactive to Sept. 7.
É«É«À² Blue Jays’ Bo Bichette (11) is helped off the field by Isiah Kiner-Falefa (7) after being tagged out at home during the sixth inning of a baseball game agains the New York Yankees, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
TORONTO (AP) — The É«É«À² Blue Jays put shortstop Bo Bichette on the 10-day injured list Tuesday because of a sprained left knee, retroactive to Sept. 7.
É«É«À² recalled outfielder Joey Loperfido from Triple-A Buffalo.
Bichette leads the majors with 181 hits and 44 doubles, and ranks third with a .311 average. The two-time All-Star and two-time AL hit leader has 18 homers and leads É«É«À² with 93 RBIs in 139 games.
Bichette was injured in the sixth inning of Saturday’s 3-1 loss at Yankee Stadium when he collided with catcher Austin Wells and was tagged out at home plate. Bichette hobbled off the field with the assistance of a trainer after colliding with Wells’ shin guard.
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Yankees outfielder Cody Bellinger made a 95.3 mph, one-hop throw from right field to retire Bichette, who was trying to score on a single by Nathan Lukes. It was the final play before rain delayed the game for nearly two hours.
Bichette had X-rays during the delay and returned to strike out in his final at-bat. He did not play in Sunday’s series finale. É«É«À² was off Monday.
The Blue Jays lead the AL East by two games over the New York Yankees with 19 games remaining, starting with Tuesday’s home game against Houston.
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