SAN DIEGO — All-Star outfielder Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels said he anticipates returning this season despite a broken left wrist suffered when he fouled off a pitch Monday night.

“Of course,” Trout said Tuesday, a few hours after the Angels announced he was placed on the 10-day injured list with broken hamate.

“I’ve had other guys reach out who’ve had this surgery before, or had this injury before. I don’t know if it’s going to need surgery or not. We’ll know in the next couple of days, I guess. Some guys came back in four weeks, some guys take a little longer just to see how their body heals.”

The slugger fouled off a 0-1 pitch from Nick Martinez leading off the eighth inning and immediately shook his left arm. Angels Manager Phil Nevin and a trainer came out to check on the slugger and he left the game.

“I kind of knew it wasn’t good. It’s another freak thing,” Trout said. “It’s nothing crazy serious, so obviously I’m going to miss a little bit of time, but it’s not season-ending.”
Trout, a three-time AL MVP, was selected to his 11th All-Star team on Sunday and 10th straight as a starter. He was hitting .263 with 18 home runs and 44 RBI.

• Two-way All-Star Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels left Tuesday’s game with a blister on his right middle finger after allowing consecutive home runs to Xander Bogaerts and Jake Cronenworth in the sixth inning of an 8-5 loss to Joe Musgrove at San Diego.

Ohtani (7-4) allowed a line-drive, two-run homer by Bogaerts to left field and then Cronenworth’s shot to right-center. A trainer came out with an interpreter to check on Ohtani and they were soon joined by Nevin. Ohtani then exited. He allowed five runs and seven hits, struck out five and walked four.

The right-hander’s start had been pushed back a day due to a cracked fingernail. He left his previous start as a pitcher but remained in the game as the designated hitter and homered, giving him 10 strikeouts and two home runs in a 4-2 win against the Chicago White Sox.

This time, Ohtani made the last out at the plate in the top of the sixth and was replaced by pinch-hitter Jo Adell at DH in the ninth.

YANKEES: One month into his recovery from a torn ligament in his right toe, Aaron Judge has started hitting off a tee but said he is still unable to run.

“I got to be able to run,” Judge said before the Yankees continued a four-game series with the Orioles. “If I can run then I can play. Me running at 10 percent ain’t going to help anybody out there.”

Judge said being able to put weight on his back foot is the biggest factor in how fast he can return from an injury that is unusual for a baseball player.

“Besides running it’s me being able to put 270 pounds on one leg when I’m hitting,” Judge said. “Once we build up that strength and get the pain and all that all out of there, we’re going to be in a good spot. I understand you’re going to deal with some pain coming back so it’s just about getting to a point where it’s tolerable and we’re not setting ourselves back here.”

Monday marked one month since Judge got hurt when he crashed into the right-field wall at Dodger Stadium while making a catch on a drive by J.D. Martinez. Judge had hoped to start baseball activities shortly after receiving a second platelet-rich plasma injection June 20, but he only recently has started playing catch and taking light swings.

BLUE JAYS: Alek Manoah is set to return to the rotation after he was sent to the minors last month because he was struggling, Manager John Schneider said.

Manoah pitched against the Portland Sea Dogs Sunday night. He pitched five strong innings, Manoah struck out 10, walked three and allowed three hits and a run.

Manoah is scheduled to start Friday at Detroit, and All-Star Kevin Gausman will have his outing pushed back a day.

A first-time All-Star and finalist for the AL Cy Young Award last year, he is 1-7 with a 6.36 ERA in 13 starts after going 16-7 with a 2.24 ERA in 31 starts last season. The 25-year-old right-hander was sent to the Blue Jays’ Florida Complex League on June 6 after he couldn’t get out of the first inning against the Houston Astros the previous day.

GUARDIANS: First baseman Josh Naylor missed Tuesday night’s game against the Braves with tendinitis in his right wrist.

RAYS: Brandon Lowe was reinstated from the 10-day injured list before Tuesday’s game against the Philadelphia Phillies after missing 26 games with a herniated disk.

Lowe was hitting .205 with nine homers and 29 RBI in 50 games before being sidelined by his latest back injury. He struck out 63 times in 176 at-bats.

TWINS: Reliever Jorge López was reinstated by the Twins after using his time on the 15-day injured list to address his mental health.

The 30-year-old right-hander said he spent time talking to a psychologist after he had acted out in frustration during his struggles on the mound even before being placed on the injured list. As he hoped when he was first put on the IL, López returned quickly, needing just the minimal stay.

ORIOLES: Backup catcher James McCann was activated from the 10-day injured list before Tuesday’s game against the Yankees.

McCann had been sidelined since spraining his left ankle while reaching on an infield single against the Chicago Cubs on June 17. He went 0 for 9 with an RBI grounder in a two-game minor league injury rehabilitation assignment with the Double-A Bowie BaySox on July 1-2.

Baltimore also placed left-hander Cionel Pérez on the 15-day injured list because of left forearm soreness, a move retroactive to Monday, and recalled left-hander Bruce Zimmermann from Triple-A Norfolk. The Orioles optioned right-hander Chris Vallimont to Norfolk after Monday’s 6-3 loss to the New York Yankees.

METS: The New York Mets have activated Trevor Gott, a day after acquiring the right-hander in a trade with the Seattle Mariners.

Outfielder DJ Stewart also was active for Tuesday’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks after having his contract selected from Triple-A Syracuse.

In corresponding moves, the Mets optioned infielder Danny Mendick and right-hander Jeff Brigham to Syracuse. Right-hander Denyi Reyes was designated for assignment.

PADRES: The struggling San Diego Padres designated Nelson Cruz for assignment and placed right-hander Michael Wacha on the 15-day injured list with shoulder inflammation on Tuesday.

The 43-year-old Cruz, playing on a $1 million, one-year contract, was batting .245 with a .283 on-base percentage. He had five homers and 23 RBI.

ALL-STAR GAME: Seattle center fielder Julio Rodríguez and right-hander George Kirby, Tampa Bay shortstop Wander Franco and Houston outfielder Kyle Tucker were added to the American League All-Star roster as injury replacements and Pittsburgh closer David Bednar was picked for the National League team.

Rodríguez replaced Houston outfielder Yordan Alvarez, Kirby took over from Tampa Bay left-hander Shane McClanahan, Franco filled the spot of New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge, and Tucker substituted for Los Angeles Angels center fielder Mike Trout.

Bednar replaced Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw.

DODGERS: Pitcher Dustin May will undergo season-ending elbow surgery this month, the latest blow to a rotation that has been hit hard by injuries.

The 25-year-old right-hander will have his right flexor tendon repaired on July 18. Dr. Neal ElAttrache will perform the procedure in Los Angeles, the team said.

May had been rehabbing his flexor pronator strain after having a platelet-rich plasma injection six weeks ago and going on the 60-day injured list May 23.

It will be the second major surgery of May’s career. His 2021 season ended after two months when he underwent Tommy John surgery. He returned last August and pitched six games before lower back tightness ended his season.

May was 4-1 with a 2.63 ERA and 34 strikeouts in nine starts this season.

Dodgers right-hander Walker Buehler has not pitched this year while recovering from Tommy John surgery, although he is hoping to be back late in the season.

Julio Urías recently returned to the rotation, although he struggled in his first outing off the injured list.

TUESDAY’S GAMES

NATIONAL LEAGUE

REDS 8, NATIONALS 4: Brett Kennedy won his first major league appearance in five years, Elly De La Cruz went 4 for 5 with hits from both sides of the plate and Cincinnati won in Washington.

Kennedy struck out three and allowed four runs and five hits in five-plus innings, only getting into trouble late in his 86-pitch outing.

De La Cruz had three singles batting right-handed and one left-handed. The switch-hitting rookie sensation was robbed of his first career five-hit game by Nationals center fielder Derek Hill’s diving catch on a line drive in the eighth.

Jonathan India hit two home runs, Nick Senzel had a three-run shot and the Reds stole five bases. They’ve won three in a row and six of their past seven.

MARLINS 15, CARDINALS 2: Jesús Sánchez homered, singled twice and had four RBI and Miami beat visiting St. Louis in another short outing by Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright.

Jorge Soler and Joey Wendle each doubled twice and Garrett Cooper also went deep and had two singles for the Marlins, who finished with a season high in runs against Wainwright and four relievers.

Miami’s Luis Arraez went 1 for 3 and walked twice, dropping his major league-leading batting average to .387.

Wainwright (3-4) had his third consecutive outing of feqwer than four innings. He was lifted after consecutive one-out walks in the fourth. The 41-year-old Wainwright gave up seven runs, four earned, and seven hits.

Marlins center fielder Jonathan Davis was carted off the field after bruising his right knee in the fifth inning.

Davis dived as he attempted to catch Tommy Edman’s deep drive with one out. He briefly had the ball in his glove but lost possession as he rolled on the warning track and immediately started favoring his knee.

METS 8, DIAMONDBACKS 5: Starling Marte hit a three-run homer, Max Scherzer struck out nine to remain undefeated in 10 straight starts and New York won at Phoenix.

CUBS 7, BREWERS 6: Left fielder Ian Happ threw out two runners at the plate in extra innings, and visiting Chicago pulled out a wild win over Milwaukee in 11 innings after squandering a late lead for the second consecutive game.

Dansby Swanson homered and Miguel Amaya hit a two-run double to help the Cubs build a 6-2 cushion. But the Brewers scored twice in the eighth and twice more in the ninth to tie it.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

YANKEES 8, ORIOLES 4: Gleyber Torres hit a two-run homer and scored the go-ahead run from first base on Giancarlo Stanton’s fifth-inning single, leading New York over visiting Baltimore.

Aaron Hicks homered in his second game back in the Bronx after Yankees released him on May 26 and Adam Frazier followed with a tying, two-run homer in a three-run fifth against Clarke Schmidt. Frazier went deep after a catchable fly by Jordan Westburg that left fielder Oswaldo Cabrera broke in on and played into a double.

With the score 3-3 in the fifth, Torres walked and was running on a full-count, two-out pitch to Stanton, who singled up the middle. Center fielder Cedric Mullins tossed the ball to second as Torres ran through third-base coach Luis Rojas’ stop sign and slid headfirst across the plate.

Jose Trevino added an opposite-field homer to right in the seventh against Nick Vespi. Harrison Bader followed with a two-run double against Bryan Baker, a day after Bader’s tie-breaking, three-run homer lifted New York to a 6-3 win in the series opener.

TWINS 9, ROYALS 2: Max Kepler hit a three-run homer, driving in four runs, and Kenta Maeda continued his strong comeback from the injured list for as Minnesota won at home.

Donovan Solano and Byron Buxton added back-to-back homers for Minnesota, which has won 4 of 5 after being swept in Atlanta that caused Manager Rocco Baldelli to criticize his team’s effort.

Maeda (2-5) made his third start since coming off the injured list for a right triceps strain. He gave up two runs and three hits in seven innings. He struck out nine. In the three starts, Maeda has given up just three earned runs in 17 innings.

ATHLETICS 1, TIGERS 0: Ryan Noda had an RBI single in the 10th inning as MLB-worst Oakland won at Detroit after being no-hit into the seventh inning.

Jace Peterson bunted pinch-runner Tyler Wade to third to start the 10th. Tyler Horton (0-1) struck out Shea Langeliers for the second out before Noda slapped a single to left — one of just two hits for Oakland in the game — to break the scoreless struggle.

INTERLEAGUE

PHILLIES 3, RAYS 1: Aaron Nola tied a career-high with 12 strikeouts and beat former teammate Zach Eflin as Philadelphia won its 10th consecutive road game.

It’s the Phillies’ longest winning away from home since the 1976 club won a franchise-best 13 straight.

MARINERS 6, GIANTS 0: Logan Gilbert struck out seven pitching a five-hit gem for his first career complete game, Mike Ford homered during a four-hit performance and AJ Pollock added a late two-run shot as Seattle won at San Francisco for its fourth straight win.

ASTROS 4, ROCKIES 1: Rookie Grae Kessinger hit his first career home run and fellow rookie Corey Julks had a career-high four hits to lead Houston over visiting Colorado.

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