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Turner fractures right wrist after HBP vs. Cubs

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Turner was hit in the wrist by a 96.3-mph fastball from Cubs reliever Pedro Strop, but stayed in the game until the top of the ninth when he was replaced by Stephen Drew in a double switch. Postgame X-rays revealed the fracture.

"You see guys every once in awhile try to stay in there and have a tough at-bat -- breaking balls, whatever it is," Turner said. "They stay in there too long -- Giancarlo Stanton when he got hit in the face. It [stinks] because guys are throwing so hard now, you have very little time to get out of the way.