SB Nation Kansas City - Mike Moustakas Injury Update: Knee Issues Make Royals 3B Day-To-Dayhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48935/kc-fave.png2012-07-28T18:52:09-05:00http://kansascity.sbnation.com/rss/stream/29631742012-07-28T18:52:09-05:002012-07-28T18:52:09-05:00Mike Moustakas Injury Update: Royals Slugger Out For Weekend
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<p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.royalsreview.com/">Kansas City Royals</a> lost <span>Mike Moustakas</span> from the field and the batting order early today in their game against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.lookoutlanding.com/">Seattle Mariners</a>. It's now clear that he's likely to miss the rest of the weekend as well against a team that has had the Royals' number the last couple of weeks. Moustakas injured his knee earlier in the game and until the team knows more, they're not going to risk anything. </p>
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<p><a href="https://twitter.com/search/%2523Royals">#Royals</a> 3B Mike Moustakas doesn't think his knee is seriously injured, but club planning an MRI. So he's unlikely to play Sunday.</p>
— Bob Dutton (@Royals_Report) <a data-datetime="2012-07-28T23:47:27+00:00" href="https://twitter.com/Royals_Report/status/229362466243629056">July 28, 2012</a>
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https://kansascity.sbnation.com/kansas-city-royals/2012/7/28/3199138/mike-moustakas-injury-update-royals-slugger-out-for-weekendMatt Conner2012-07-28T18:25:49-05:002012-07-28T18:25:49-05:00Mike Moustakas Injury Update: Knee Issues Make Royals 3B Day-To-Day
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<p>The greatest offensive force in the <a href="https://www.royalsreview.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Kansas City Royals</a> line-up might be out for a few days with a lingering knee injury that will keep <span>Mike Moustakas</span> out. Currently he's termed as day-to-day for the Royals, and a team that already has a hard time winning is now set further back against a <a href="https://www.lookoutlanding.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Mariners</a> team that cannot seem to be stopped. He went out in today's game against Seattle.</p>
<p><a href="http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120728&content_id=35718196&vkey=news_kc&c_id=kc" target="_blank">MLB.com's Dick Kaegel writes</a>, "Moustakas made a spectacular stab of <span>Casper Wells</span>' hot smash down the line, lunging to spear the ball in foul ground and throwing from his knees to first baseman <span>Eric Hosmer</span>. Wells was called safe on a close play. Afterward, Moustakas felt discomfort in the knee."</p>
<p>Moustakas is hitting .262 with 16 home runs and 50 RBI on the season.</p>
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