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Tejada streak likely over

If it wasn't enough to get spurned by Joe Girardi, it now looks like the Orioles might well be without shortstop Miguel Tejada possibly for an extended period.

Orioles vice president Jim Duquette said last night that Tejada will be re-evaluated today before the start of a three-game series with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Duquette said that Tejada, who was drilled by a Doug Brocail fastball in the eighth inning Wednesday night, feels that he could play through the injury.

"It's just a crack," Duquette said. "That means it will heal, but if you re-injure it and it becomes a fracture, then the only way to make it heal properly is to put a screw in it. That's certainly more complicated."

When asked if a trip to the disabled list is inevitable, Duquette didn't want to elaborate, pointing out that it wouldn't be fair to Tejada. "We'll have to re-evaluate it [today]," he said. "I don't want to predict that."

Duquette said that it was a clinical diagnosis and whether Tejada could play or not depended on his pain threshold. Doctors told team officials that it was going to be a week to 10 days before the injury starts healing.

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Posted by SoccerDad at June 22, 2007 6:04 AM