DETROIT — Tigers outfielder Brennan Boesch is set to have surgery on his injured right thumb and is expected to miss the rest of the season.
Boesch said Sunday he doesn’t have a firm date yet for the operation but hopes to have it sometime in the next week. He hit .283 with 16 home runs in 115 games this year, but he has played only once since Aug. 24.
Boesch said he may be able to pick up a bat within five weeks of the surgery, but he doesn’t expect to be ready to return even if Detroit makes a lengthy run through the postseason.
“We tried everything,” Boesch said. “Started with injections, moved on to a protective pad that didn’t work. So basically, I was trying to change my swing in order to be able to get back out there, and wasn’t able to do a swing that would allow me to compete.”
• Detroit activated reliever Al Alburquerque from the disabled list.
Yankees sticking with six starters
NEW YORK — Yankees manager Joe Girardi said the team has reversed course and will go with six starters at least one more time through the rotation.
Girardi had said it was important to cut down to five soon, and was planning to pull the odd man out this week.
Footnotes.
The Padres recalled highly touted first baseman Anthony Rizzo from Triple-A Tucson.
• Outfielder Casper Wells left the Mariners’ game against the Athletics after getting hit by a pitch on his left wrist in the second inning.
• Third baseman Jack Hannahan left the Indians’ game against the Royals with tightness in his left calf.
• Right fielder Conor Jackson exited the Red Sox’s game against the Rangers in the fourth after running into the wall.
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