Delmon Young carted off the field with sprained right ankle

Twins outfielder smashed his leg on Miller Park's left-field wall.

June 26, 2011 at 4:45AM
Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire, left, watches as left fielder Delmon Young is taken off the field after Young ran into the wall on a ball hit by Milwaukee Brewers' Yuniesky Betancourt during the fifth inning of a baseball game Saturday, June 25, 2011, in Milwaukee. Young left the game.
Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire, left, watches as left fielder Delmon Young is taken off the field after Young ran into the wall on a ball hit by Milwaukee Brewers' Yuniesky Betancourt during the fifth inning of a baseball game Saturday, June 25, 2011, in Milwaukee. Young left the game. (Associated Press - Ap/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

MILWAUKEE -- Twins left fielder Delmon Young was carted off the field after suffering a sprained right ankle in the fifth inning of Saturday's game against the Brewers.

The Twins placed Young on the 15-day day disabled list and recalled outfielder Rene Tosoni from Class AAA Rochester.

Young was on crutches after the 11-1 loss and will have an MRI exam on Monday. He said he sprained the same ankle in 2003, before being drafted, and that one was worse.

Young smashed his right foot into the left-field wall, trying to catch a deep fly ball from Yuniesky Betancourt, who continued rounding the bases for an inside-the-park home run that gave Milwaukee a 7-1 lead.

Young appeared to get his right food stuck beneath the out-of-town scoreboard on the wall. He fell to the ground and grabbed the leg in obvious pain.

Young had X-Rays taken at the ballpark, and they showed no broken bones.

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Joe Christensen

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Joe Christensen, a Minnesota Star Tribune sports team leader, graduated from the University of Minnesota and spent 15 years covering Major League Baseball, including stops at the Riverside Press-Enterprise and Baltimore Sun. He joined the Minnesota Star Tribune in 2005 and spent four years covering Gophers football.

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