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Yankees OF Aaron Judge leaves game with oblique injury

By Matt Loede
New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge has played in 19 games in 2019, with four homers and 10 RBIs with a .275 average. He may have to miss time after suffering an oblique injury in a game at Yankee Stadium against the Royals. File Photo by Alex Edelman/UPI
New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge has played in 19 games in 2019, with four homers and 10 RBIs with a .275 average. He may have to miss time after suffering an oblique injury in a game at Yankee Stadium against the Royals. File Photo by Alex Edelman/UPI | License Photo

April 20 (UPI) -- New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge left Saturday's game against the Kansas City Royals after suffering a left oblique injury.

The team announced that Judge was being taken for further evaluation and an MRI to New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

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The slugger was pulled after it appeared he injured himself hitting a single to right field in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Judge looked to be in discomfort after reaching first base. He was pulled for pinch-runner Tyler Wade.

On the season, Judge is hitting .288 with five homers and 11 runs batted in.

He hit his fifth homer earlier in the Yankees' 9-2 win over Kansas City.

Judge last season missed more than a month with a chip fracture in his right wrist. He missed time in 2016 with a right oblique injury.

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