Padres' Maddux leaves with bruised thigh (AP)

 
Padres starter Greg Maddux took a line drive off his thigh and had to leave the game Thursday against the Chicago Cubs. The ball, hit by Derrek Lee in the first inning, left a bruise on Maddux's left thigh. Maddux recovered and threw Lee out, but left the game after only two innings. Maddux said he originally had been scheduled to throw "roughly 60 pitches." He gave up two hits and struck out one in... [link]

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