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Designated hitter Cody Bellinger was already playing through discomfort from a fracture in his left middle finger when he hit first base awkwardly in the first inning of the Cubs’ game Tuesday against the Twins.
Trying to beat out a single to the right side of the infield, Bellinger lunged at the bag. As his foot hit it, his leg buckled, and he rolled up the line. Popping up in foul territory, he kept his feet firmly planted even as second baseman Brooks Lee’s wide throw from the ground to first base rolled all the way to catcher Christian Vázquez.