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Morneau to have surgically repaired left wrist checked in Minnesota

Justin Morneau was 0-for-2 before leaving the game for a pinch hitter in the seventh.

By Joe Christensen

May 1, 2012 at 5:06AM

Justin Morneau left Monday night's game against the Angels in the seventh inning because of a sore left wrist. (Brian Wicker — Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

ANAHEIM, CALIF. -- Justin Morneau left Monday night's game against the Angels in the seventh inning with a sore left wrist and will fly back to Minnesota on Tuesday to see a hand specialist.

Morneau had surgery to stabilize a tendon in his left wrist last October. He said it started bothering him again two weeks ago in Tampa and was particularly painful Monday. He hopes it's scar tissue breaking up in there but will probably have an MRI to be sure.

He started as the DH and was 0-for-2 with a strikeout in his first two at-bats. He struck out swinging at a letter-high fastball from Angels starter C.J. Wilson in his second at-bat. Sean Burroughs pinch hit for Morneau in the seventh.

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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.