Baeball Notes: Nationals’ Drew Storen has a broken thumb
Washington Nationals relief pitcher Drew Storen walks off the field to the dugout during a game against the Colorado Rockies on Aug. 7.
The stumbling Washington Nationals are now hurting themselves.
Right-handed reliever Drew Storen broke his right thumb slamming the lock box in his locker in frustration Wednesday after giving up the go-ahead homer to the New York Mets’ Yoenis Cespedes.
Nationals Manager Matt Williams said Saturday the former closer would likely miss the rest of the season.
Washington didn’t learn of the injury until Storen was unable to throw Friday in Miami. The reliever then told the team what happened, and an X-ray revealed the extent of the injury, Williams said.
Suspended
St. Louis Cardinals catcher Cody Stanley was suspended for 80 games for testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance. Stanley, 26, spent most of this season at triple-A Memphis, but was promoted to St. Louis when major league rosters expanded on Sept. 1. It is the seventh suspension announced this year under the big league program.
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