Angels LF Vernon Wells leaves game because of groin injury

Staff Writer

May 9, 2011 8:14 PM PT

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Angels left fielder Vernon Wells was pulled from Monday night’s game against the Chicago White Sox in the bottom of the fourth inning because of a right groin strain.

With a runner on third base and two outs and the Angels trailing, 3-0, Wells hit a ground ball to third base. But he only made it a few feet out of the batter’s box before stopping and clutching his right leg.

Wells entered the game with a .179 average, but he appeared to be warming at the plate, with three home runs over the past week.

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Mike DiGiovanna

Mike DiGiovanna has been covering Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Times since 1995 and spent 19 years as the Angels beat writer and two seasons on the Dodgers. He won Associated Press Sports Editors awards for game-story writing in 2001, feature-story writing in 2017 and breaking news in 2019. A native of East Lyme, Conn., and a graduate of Cal State Fullerton, he began writing for The Times in 1981.

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