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The Athletics announced Tuesday that they placed rookie infielder Joshua Kuroda-Grauer on the 10-day injured list due to a ruptured testicle.
Kuroda-Grauer sustained the injury during Monday's 5-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. He fouled a ball hard off the handle of his bat, and it ricocheted directly into his testicles. He immediately fell to the ground in pain.
Kuroda-Grauer recovered enough in the moment to complete his at-bat. And he notched a single to center field.
But that was his last at-bat of the night. Donovan Walton replaced him in the lineup and at third base, and the Athletics announced that Kuroda-Grauer was leaving the game due to what they described at the time as a testicular contusion.
It turns out that it was worse than that. Per the Athletics on Tuesday, Kuroda-Grauer's ruptured testicle required surgery that he has already undergone.
The injury marked an unfortunate conclusion to what had already been an eventful night for Kuroda-Grauer. In his previous at-bat in the second inning, he hit his first MLB home run for a 1-0 Athletics lead.
A night that started with cause for celebration in his 16th MLB game ended, well … in something else.
The A's didn't offer a timeline for Kuroda-Grauer's return. Here's hoping for a quick recovery on and off the field.
