ARLINGTON, Texas-- No official word yet on how serious it is, but Xander Bogaerts was forced out of tonight's game after being hit by a pitch on the left wrist-hand area.
He was listed as having a contusion (bruise) on his left forearm.
Bogaerts was in obvious pain after Texas starter Nick Martinez hit him with the pitch in the second inning, but Bogaerts took his base. He stayed in the game defensively in the second and third innings, but when his turn to bat came around again in the fourth, he was lifted for pinch-hitter Carlos Peguero.