Chicago Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson left Sunday’s game versus the St. Louis Cardinals in the third inning with what the team announced as “left side discomfort.”

Swanson came out after swinging and missing at a 96 mph Hunter Dobbins fastball on the outside middle of the strike zone. After missing, Swanson immediately threw his helmet down and squatted outside the batter’s box in pain.

Replay appeared to show that Swanson appeared to hurt his right hand, squeezing and releasing it after he dropped his bat. He may have also twisted his wrist on the follow-through. But the Cubs soon confirmed that Swanson injured his side, possibly an oblique.

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