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Edman scratched from lineup with torso tightness

Tommy Edman, scheduled to bat leadoff and start in right field, was scratched shortly before the first pitch because of what the team termed "trunk tightness."

It is the first game this season that Edman has missed. He started 65 of the team's first 66 games and was a pinch hitter in the other. He was the only player on the team to have appeared in every game so far.

Tightness in his trunk could mean an issue with his oblique, which could matter for a switch hitter. There was no further update on his condition.

Edman was hitting .