Danny Valencia day-to-day after being injured on throw

MINNEAPOLIS -- Third baseman Danny Valencia exited the Twins' 1-0 win over the Padres on Saturday after the eighth inning with a strained right bicep he suffered while throwing to first base for the first out of the inning. He is day to day.

Valencia, who gave the Twins their lone run of the game with a homer in the second inning, injured himself while throwing to first after bobbling a grounder from Jesus Guzman.

"I just rushed it to get that out and my whole bicep kind of tightened up," Valencia said. "It feels like I'm pretty much flexing my bicep. But they said it should be all right. We worked on it in there and hopefully tomorrow it'll feel better."

Valencia added he hopes to be in the lineup on Sunday, but it seems more likely the Twins will give him a day to rest his arm.

"I don't know," Valencia said when asked if he'll play Sunday. "I'm going to come in prepared to play. I told them [I] think I'll be all right to go back out there, but when it first happened it really bothered me. I never felt anything like it before. So they pretty much said I strained my bicep."

Valencia did make another throw after injuring himself, as he threw out Chris Denorfia at first for the next out. However, he was replaced by Matt Tolbert at third base for the ninth inning.


(mlb.com)