PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. – David Wright’s left rib-cage injury has been diagnosed as a muscle tear, but the New York Mets third baseman said he’ll be ready by opening day.

Wright returned to camp Wednesday after receiving a cortisone shot Monday in New York. The injury occurred during a fielding drill early in camp, and he hasn’t played in a spring training game.

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Josh Hamilton of the Rangers leaps against the fence in left field to catch a ball hit by Colorado’s Marco Scutaro. Hamilton later left the game after jamming his right heel. The Associated Press

Wright is expected to resume baseball activities today. He said he just needs about two weeks to prepare for the season, which starts April 4.

“I think I’m past the difficult part,” Wright said. “Now it’s just a matter of getting back in the swing of things and making sure that I can get back on the field as soon as my body will allow me to, and then get some at-bats.”

Wright said the cortisone shot was the best way for him to get on the field faster, but had the injury occurred during the season, he might have remained in the lineup. He played through a back injury for a while last season before finally getting a diagnosis.

“It wasn’t so much a sharp pain. It’s just more of an uncomfortable cramp,” Wright said of his rib-cage injury. “This would have been one of the times where I would have hoped that I could have played through it, but it doesn’t make any sense doing that now.”

PHILLIES: Roy Halladay was yanked in the third inning after getting rocked in a 6-4 loss to the Minnesota Twins at Clearwater, Fla.

Halladay allowed five runs and seven hits, including two homers, in 22/3 innings.

TIGERS: Prince Fielder homered and had three hits in a 7-6 win over a Mets split squad at Lakeland, Fla.

Fielder hit a two-run homer off Mets starter Dillon Gee in the fourth inning. Delmon Young had two hits for the Tigers, including a two-run single in a four-run fifth.

Detroit starter Max Scherzer did not get through the Mets’ four-run third.

ANGELS: Albert Pujols hit his first two homers for the Angels but Los Angeles starter Ervin Santana exited after being hit by a line drive in a 9-7 loss to the White Sox at Glendale, Ariz.

Santana left with a bruised right arm after Alexei Ramirez’s liner struck him in the shoulder with one out in the second inning.

Pujols hit a three-run homer off left-hander Chris Sale in the third inning and a solo shot off Anthony Carter in the fifth.

ROYALS: Salvador Perez will open the season on the disabled list instead of as Kansas City’s starting catcher.

Perez will have surgery on his left knee to repair a lateral meniscus tear. General Manager Dayton Moore said that in a best-case scenario, Perez would be out three to four weeks.

GIANTS: Catcher Buster Posey made his first spring hit count as he recovers from a serious leg injury, hitting a home run in a 2-2 tie with Cleveland at Scottsdale, Ariz.

Giants closer Brian Wilson, coming back from an elbow injury that put him on the disabled list for the final six weeks of 2011, pitched a hitless fifth inning.

YANKEES: Pitcher Freddy Garcia sustained a bruised right hand in the fourth inning when he was hit by a comebacker off the bat of Edwin Encarnacion, who also hit two home runs in Toronto’s 7-5 win at Dunedin, Fla.

CARDINALS: St. Louis starter Lance Lynn retired the final eight batters he faced in a 4-3 loss to Houston at Jupiter, Fla.

Lynn was destined for the bullpen when spring training opened. But the Cardinals said this week Lynn would be treated like a starter until Chris Carpenter shows he can return to the rotation.

ORIOLES: Nick Markakis was hitless in three at-bats in his first game since returning from offseason surgery — an 11-5 loss to Pittsburgh at Sarasota, Fla.

MARLINS: Anibal Sanchez was dominant in his spring debut, striking out four in two scoreless innings as Florida beat Tampa Bay 4-2 at Port Charlotte, Fla.

The right-hander, whose debut had been pushed back because of soreness in the back side of his right shoulder, allowed two hits.

RANGERS: Left fielder Josh Hamilton left the game after two innings after jamming his right heel chasing down Todd Helton’s second-inning double in a 6-1 loss to a Rockies split squad at Surprise, Ariz.

Texas starter Pedro Feliz went three innings, allowing one run on four hits and a walk with three strikeouts.

REDS: Aroldis Chapman pitched more than two innings in a big-league game for the first time, allowing one run over three innings as a Cincinnati split squad lost 9-4 to a Padres split squad at Goodyear, Ariz.

Chapman revived a split-finger fastball while allowing four hits, including a homer to Andy Parrino.

The Cuban defector is being converted into a starting pitcher and is competing for the fifth spot in the Reds’ rotation.

PADRES: Chase Headley and Carlos Quentin hit back-to-back home runs and Nate Freiman added a three-run homer as a San Diego split squad beat a Diamondbacks split squad 8-0 at Scottsdale, Ariz.

BREWERS: George Kottaras doubled twice and drove in five runs for Milwaukee in a 10-2 win over the Cubs at Mesa, Ariz.

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