Sweeney placed on DL with rib injury
SEATTLE - The Chicago Cubs placed Ryan Sweeney on the 15-day disabled list Sunday and he is expected to miss at least the next six weeks after fracturing a rib while making a catch in Saturday night's game between the Cubs and Seattle Mariners.
Sweeney was injured making a third-inning catch of a Kendry Morales fly ball to center field. Sweeney caught the drive on the warning track and then appeared to glance off the outfield fence. Initial x-rays Saturday night were negative for a fracture. A CT scan on Sunday, however, showed the break.
"It felt like a brick wall," Sweeney told Paul Sullivan of the Chicago Tribune before Sunday's game between the Cubs and Mariners. "I probably grabbed my side because I felt it jolt a little bit. I feel like I've hit that wall before and it wasn't that hard. It must have just hit me in the (wrong) spot."
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