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Padres starter Peavy pitched with broken rib

Posted on: Wednesday, 5 October 2005, 08:42 CDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - San Diego Padres right-hander Jake Peavy played with a broken rib in the 8-5 defeat by St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday, the team said.

Peavy pitched poorly in the opening loss to the Cardinals in the National League playoff series.

"It's a big blow to lose a pitcher of his stature at this point of the season, no question," Padres manager Bruce Bochy said. "It shows what kind of gamer he was that he went out there to throw in that kind of pain."

Peavy, the Padres' top pitcher, was rocked for eight runs and eight hits, including a grand-slam home run, in 4 1/3 innings of the loss to the Cardinals.

He did not tell officials of the severity of the problem until he left the game, saying "my ribs are killing me."

A hospital examination revealed the fracture after X-rays were negative.

Peavy, who said the injury could take four to six weeks to heal, sustained the injury a week ago during a team celebration after San Diego clinched the NL West title.

"We were jumping around on the field," Peavy said. "The next day I thought I had some bruised ribs, that I caught an elbow or something. But I never would've imagined it would have been this."

Game 2 of the best-of-five series is in St. Louis on Thursday.

Source: REUTERS

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