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Hard slider Teixeira sits with bruised right ankle

Mark Teixeira's hard slide into second Tuesday night apparently impacted more than the relay throw to first.

Teixeira was a late scratch from last night's lineup, the result of a bruised right ankle, suffered when he went hard into Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus to break up a possible double play in the fourth. The play, Teixeira's revenge after getting hit by Texas starter Vicente Padilla...

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