BALTIMORE – It was one of the harder balls Dalton Rushing has hit all season.

“Yeah, 103 (mph),” Rushing said Saturday. “I barreled it right into my leg.”

The foul ball during his sixth-inning at-bat Friday night left Rushing on the ground in pain. But X-rays that night and a CT scan Saturday revealed no fracture, just a significant “bone contusion to my tib-fib,” Rushing said.

The rookie catcher was prepared to be told more bad news than that.

“Watching the video, I’m surprised. The initial feeling – yeah, I’m surprised,” he said. “It numbed up pretty quick. Couldn’t really put any pressure on it. There was pain up and down my leg. Thank God I’ve got a strong tib-fib. I guess I drank a lot of milk as a kid. It sucks, though.”

Rushing was officially placed on the injured list by the

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