Brewers ace Ben Sheets traveled back to Milwaukee on Wednesday for an MRI exam on his injured left hamstring.
Sheets left Tuesday night’s game in Houston after one inning because of tightness in the hamstring. He was still in pain after the game.
“We’ll just try to get a handle on what it is and go from there,” manager Ned Yost said Wednesday.
Sheets started on three days’ rest Tuesday, but Yost dismissed that as a reason the right-hander might have hurt himself.
“He felt as good as he’s felt all year in the first inning,” Yost said.
Sheets (12-5, 3.82 ERA) is scheduled to start again on Sunday in Atlanta. Yost said he’d consider starting Claudio Vargas (11-4, 4.89 ERA) or Chris Capuano (5-12, 5.21 ERA) if Sheets can’t pitch.
Extra innings
Red Sox reliever Hideki Okajima won’t pitch for several days because of a tired arm. …The Yankees have sold more than 4.26 million tickets for this season to break the franchise record set last year. …Yankees slugger Jason Giambi had more tests on his bruised right foot. … The Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres and Seattle Mariners are being considered by Major League Baseball for possible exhibition games in China during spring training.
