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Texas outfielder Josh Hamilton was expected to miss six to eight weeks after breaking his right hand to dip into a plate of the house on Tuesday, the panel AL MVP later called "stupid."

Hamilton was trying to score in the third fault popup near Detroit Lake in the queue. Third baseman Brandon Inge and catcher Victor Martinez and chased the ball, the plate is exposed.

Inge caught, then threw the ball Martinez, who was in the time tags Hamilton.

"It was a stupid game," Hamilton said. "Every time the ball was in the air, the coach shouted:" Come on, no one is home, and I thought: ". I do not want to do it, something will happen"

"But I listened to my coach," he said, referring to the third base coach Dave Anderson. "It was too aggressive. Maybe they were both close to me, but they had every angle to cut me off, and the only way to avoid the tag in this situation is to go head first. "

Chief Ranger John Daniels defended his decision to send Anderson Hamilton.

"We play an aggressive style of baseball," he said. "Chances of injury in this game are minimal."

Rangers Hamilton said without a displaced fracture of the humerus bone in his shoulder, just below the shoulders. It is not expected to swing the bat during the month.

Branched, to: The Dodgers placed shortstop Rafael branched at a 15-day disabled list after fracturing a finger of his left hand, pressing the third base on a flight in the fifth inning of Los Angeles 1.6 win against the giants on Monday night. Branched are expected to miss four to six weeks. Dodgers recalled rookie infielder Ivan De Jesus from Triple-Albuquerque.

In short: Nationals placed third baseman Ryan Zimmerman on the 15-day disabled list, back on Sunday with a strained abdominal muscle and recalled catcher Jesus Flores from Triple-Syracuse. ... Houston manager Brad Mills, to sit at the game on Tuesday against the Cubs as MLB suspended for his exclusion from the game Sunday against Florida. Reliever Aneury Rodriguez was suspended for three games, but has appealed his suspension and can play until a decision on the appeal. Mills and Rodriguez were fined undisclosed. ... Seattle catcher Adam Moore is expected to miss the rest of the season after knee surgery on Tuesday.