ARLINGTON, Texas — Texas shortstop Corey Seager left the Rangers‘ game against the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday night following the seventh inning because of a left shin contusion after being hit by a pitch in the inning.
The 2023 World Series MVP was struck on the back leg by an 0-2 pitch from reliever Austin Voth that bounced in the dirt in front of the plate. Seager was attended to by the medical staff after taking first base and remained in the game for the rest of the inning.
Seager missed most of spring training after having sports hernia surgery Jan. 30.
The Rangers beat the Mariners 5-1.
In other injury news for Texas, Max Scherzer (back surgery) pitched 2⅓ innings for Triple-A Round Rock in his first rehab outing this year. He allowed three runs on five hits, two of them home runs, struck out four and threw 52 pitches.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.