Just when the Detroit Tigers were hoping to have Placido Polanco back in the lineup, the second baseman said Sunday his season is over.
“I’m out for the year,” Polanco said after the Tigers lost to Baltimore 12-8.
Polanco was put on the disabled list Aug. 16 with a separated left shoulder after making a tumbling catch at Boston.
He was expected to be out four to six weeks and was hurt five weeks ago Tuesday.
Tigers trainer Kevin Rand said Polanco still has day-to-day status.
Extra innings
Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis came out of Sunday’s first game against the Yankees with a jammed right shoulder after Bernie Williams’ knee hit him in the eighth. Youkilis didn’t play in the second game but said the injury wasn’t major. . . . Yankees lefty Ron Villone has allowed 27 runs in 26 innings since the end of July, his ERA rising from 2.08 to 4.50. . . . Ichiro Suzuki, one day after he reached the 200-hit plateau for the sixth straight year, was hit in the lower right leg by a pitch in the fifth inning. He shook it off and went 2-for-4 but was lifted in the ninth inning. Manager Mike Hargrove said he was not sure whether the outfielder would play Monday at Texas. . . . The Brewers lost their 82nd game, guaranteeing a non-winning season for the 14th straight year.
