Angels' Weaver leaves game with injury

Scary moment for the surging Angels.

Jered Weaver was just three batters and 12 pitches into his start tonight against the Yankees when he was forced to exit due to injury. He threw a warm-up pitch to see whether he would be able to continue, but it appeared he had trouble putting weight on his left leg. However, Alden Gonzalez of MLB.com reports that he?s dealing a lower back injury.

Weaver didn?t retire a batter in tonight?s brief start and was charged with three runs (one earned) on two hits before Bobby Cassevah came on in relief. It?s not known if he?ll have to miss an extended period of time, but the Angels will have a tough time making a charge at the AL West-leading Rangers if they don?t have their ace.

UPDATE: Nothing new on the status of Weaver?s lower back injury, but because of a scoring change, all three runs against him are unearned.

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