Hello and happy Thursday everybody, it’s Tyler Henry, back with another KINA Sports Update presented by Salina Regional Orthopedic and Sports Medicine.
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Good news for Kansas City Royals fans, on Wednesday an MRI revealed that Hunter Renfroe’s left big toe is not fractured, the team initially announced it was broken by a foul ball.
Renfroe was hurt Monday when he fouled off a pair of pitches against left-hander Carlos Rodón in the third inning. The outfielder got off to a slow start this season but had raised his batting average to .200 with six homers and 26 RBIs.
Kansas City said Renfroe is expected to miss two to three weeks, down from six to eight weeks.
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Speaking of the Royals, Jose Trevino, Gleyber Torres and Giancarlo Stanton all homered last night as part of an 11-5 rout as the Royals dropped the series to the Yankees.
New York now boasts a major league best 49-21 record, the Royals will get one last crack at the pinstripe unit this afternoon at 1:10
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And finally, last night also saw game three of this year’s NBA finals between the Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks, and thanks to a late surge the Celtics were able to pull away to take a 3-0 series lead
Jason Tatum and Jalen Brown scored 31 and 30 respectively to avoid what would have been the biggest collapse in an NBA finals game this century, staving off a 21-point comeback bid. Boston can take the series in game four on Friday
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