TORONTO (AP) — Texas Rangers infielder Marcus Semien missed Saturday's 14-2 loss at Toronto because of a sore right wrist.
Rangers manager Bruce Bochy said after the game that X-rays did not reveal a fracture.
“That’s great news for us,” Bochy said. “We’ll check on him tomorrow, see where he’s at and if he’s available.”
The slumping Rangers are 61-63 after dropping eight of nine.
Semien was hit by a 91 mph fastball from Toronto’s Chris Bassitt in the second inning of Friday’s 6-5 loss. He remained in the game and hit a two-run homer off Louis Varland in the eighth.
Semien had played in 122 of Texas’ first 123 games. The three-time All-Star last sat April 13 at Seattle.
Ezequiel Duran started at second base for the Rangers on Saturday. He went 1 for 4 with a double.
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Texas Rangers catcher Kyle Higashioka, right, celebrates his three-run home run against the Toronto Blue Jays with Rangers' Rowdy Tellez (44) and Marcus Semien during the second inning of a baseball game in Toronto on Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Texas Rangers' Marcus Semien, right, celebrates his two-run home run against the Toronto Blue Jays with teammate Evan Carter during the eighth inning of a baseball game in Toronto on Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
CHICAGO (AP) — Utah Jazz forward Brice Sensabaugh scored 21 points off the bench in the first quarter Wednesday night in a 128-126 loss at Chicago, the most by an NBA reserve in the opening period in at least 29 years.
It's the highest number since the statistic was first tracked in the 1996-97 season.
Until Sensabaugh's outburst, Indiana's Lance Stephenson had the high for first-quarter scoring with 20 points against Brooklyn on Jan. 5, 2022. He finished that game with 30 points.
The third-year player finished with a career-high 43 points over 34 mintues, making 15 of 22 shots and going 5 of 10 from 30-point range.
His previous career high was set Jan. 4 with 34 points at Miami. His second-best scoring game came the next day with 27 points at Orlando.
Sensabaugh scored 28 points in the first half against the Bulls, just two points shy of the Jazz record for a starter or reserve in the opening 24 minutes. Rodney Hood scored 30 points in the first half against the Los Angeles Lakers on March 28, 2016.
Karl Malone scored 37 points in the second half in a game against Golden State on April 7, 1998, for the team record for any half.
Sensabaugh made 8 of 9 shots in the first quarter, including all three 3-point shots. His scoring came in just 7:14 of playing time.
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Utah Jazz forward Brice Sensabaugh (28) shoots over Los Angeles Clippers center Yanic Konan Niederhauser, right, during the second half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/William Liang)
Utah Jazz forward Brice Sensabaugh (28), right, guards Chicago Bulls guard Coby White (0) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
