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Salvador Perez Injury: Updates on Royals Catcher's Wrist and Return

Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez was removed from Tuesday after suffering a hand injury on a hit by pitch.

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Perez Suffers Contusion on Hand

Sept. 6

An Ervin Santana hit by pitch knocked Perez out of his team's game against the Minnesota Twins, according to Mike Berardino of the Pioneer Press.

Joel Goldberg of FSKC reported the injury was revealed to be a hand contusion.

The 26-year-old catcher is hitting .254 on the season after going 0-for-2 Tuesday, although his 20 home runs are one shy of his career high.