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PHOENIX (AP) -- Arizona Diamondbacks ace Curt Schilling has a broken right hand, another in a string of injuries for the two-time defending NL West champions.
Schilling was injured when he was hit in the hand twice last Friday in San Diego. He stayed in the game after Ramon Vazquez's comebacker hit him on the index finger on the opening pitch, but left the game after Sean Burroughs' line drive hit him on the back of the right hand with two outs in the seventh inning.
X-rays after the game were negative and trainer Paul Lessard was confident there were no broken bones, but a precautionary MRI was taken Tuesday. It uncovered a hairline fracture and a bone chip in the third and fourth metacarples.
There was no immediate estimate of how long Schilling will be sidelined.
Schilling was injured when he was hit in the hand twice last Friday in San Diego. He stayed in the game after Ramon Vazquez's comebacker hit him on the index finger on the opening pitch, but left the game after Sean Burroughs' line drive hit him on the back of the right hand with two outs in the seventh inning.
X-rays after the game were negative and trainer Paul Lessard was confident there were no broken bones, but a precautionary MRI was taken Tuesday. It uncovered a hairline fracture and a bone chip in the third and fourth metacarples.
There was no immediate estimate of how long Schilling will be sidelined.
