Rays Catcher Dioner Navarro OK

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Rays Catcher Dioner Navarro OK







Miami, Fl- The Tampa Bay Devil Rays say catcher Dioner Navarro was released from a hospital early this morning, hours after he was hit in the throat by an errant pitch.

Brian Stokes bounced a sixth-inning pitch that went under Navarro's mask, causing the catcher to drop to the ground in pain. Navarro left the game strapped to a backboard and is doing fine, according to team spokesman Jason Latimer.

It was not immediately clear when Navarro will play again.

BJ Upton also suffered a left leg quad strain in the 1st inning. The Rays say the injury isn't serious and classify him day to day.

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June 09, 2007
Day after ...

Both Dioner Navarro and B.J. Upton are in the Rays clubhouse but not in the lineup for Saturday's game.

Navarro said he doesn't remember much about Friday's incident, when he was hit in the throat by a pitch. "All I remember was that it was hard for me to breathe. I needed to calm down by I couldn't,'' Navarro said. "It was a scary moment.''

Navarro returned to the team hotel around 2 a.m. after being evaluated at Broward General Hospital. He said he will be seen by a doctor again today and doesn't know when he will be able to next play. "We're taking it day by day,'' he said.

Upton, who had to be helped off the field with a strained left quad, hopes to only be out a few days.

From the looks of things, the Rays are not making any moves to shake up their pitching staff. Manager Joe Maddon made it sound like they might after Friday's frustrating loss.

The Saturday lineup:
Iwamura, 3b
Harris, ss
Crawford, lf
Wigginton, 2b
Young, rf
Dukes, cf
Cantu, 1b
Casanova, c
Shields, p