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Astros' Barmes breaks hand, out 4-6 weeks

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Colorado Rockies second baseman Clint Barmes waits on a pitch against the Chicago Cubs at Coors Field on July 30, 2010 in Denver. Colorado demolished Chicago 17-2. UPI Photo/Gary C. Caskey 
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Published: March. 26, 2011 at 3:08 PM

KISSIMMEE, Fla., March 26 (UPI) -- Houston Astros infielder Clint Barmes has broken his hand and will be out 4-6 weeks, team officials said Saturday.

Barmes, who came to the Astros in an off-season trade with the Colorado Rockies, suffered a non-displaced fracture of the fifth metacarpal bone, doctors said.

The mishap occurred during Friday's Florida spring training game against the Yankees when New York's Ivan Nova hit him with a third-inning pitch.

The Astros said Barmes underwent an X-ray exam Saturday that revealed the fracture. Another exam will be conducted in Houston.

Topics: Clint Barmes, Ivan Nova
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