Choo out with sore quad amid 41-game streak
ARLINGTON, TX - JUNE 26: Shin-Soo Choo #17 of the Texas Rangers hits a single against the San Diego Padres in the bottom of the ninth inning at Globe Life Park in Arlington on June 26, 2018 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Shin-Soo Choo is out of the Texas Rangers lineup a night after reaching base in his 41st consecutive game.
Choo said before Saturday's game against the Chicago White Sox that he has been dealing with a sore right quad for at least 10 days. He said it has really bothered him the last couple of days.
Manager Jeff Banister said it was a chance to get Choo off his legs with a day off. But the manager didn't rule out him being a pinch-hitter.
Choo's on-base streak is the longest for the Rangers since Otis Nixon's 44-gamer in 1995, and five short of Julio Franco's team record set in 1993. Choo matched Philadelphia's Odubel Herrera for the longest in the majors this season.
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