
Ill-fated Tigers shortstop Jose Iglesias sustained yet another shin injury Sunday when he was hit by a hard shot during batting practice before Detroit lost 14-9 to a split squad of Houston Astros. Iglesias was fielding grounders when he was a struck in the right shin by a ball off the bat of J.D. Martinez. The 25-year-old Iglesias batted .303 for Boston and the Tigers in 2013, but missed all of last season because of stress fractures in both shins. ''I have been in baseball for 25 years and I don't think I have ever seen a guy get a ball off his shin in batting practice,'' Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said.
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