HOUSTON (AP) — Miami Marlins All-Star right-hander Max Meyer was placed on the 15-day injured list with a neck strain, and All-Star shortstop Otto Lopez is out of the starting lineup for the second straight game.
Marlins’ manager Clayton McCullough said before Monday's game against Miami that Meyer felt “a little sensation in the neck area” during his start in Seattle on July 7. He felt fine going into his start on Saturday in Milwaukee, but the sensation returned during the third inning.
The Marlins say Meyer will be examined by Dr. Robert Watkins IV in Los Angeles this week.
“Certainly, a level concern that he’s gonna go on the IL and have to be down for at least a couple of week, but I think right now (they) just want to get a fuller picture of what’s going on and what’s leading to this,” McCullough said.
A first-time All-Star this season, the 27-year-old Meyer is 9-1 with a 2.68 ERA in 20 starts.
The Marlins recalled right-hander Zach Brzykcy from Triple-A to take Meyer’s spot on the 26-man roster.
Lopez was feeling better on Monday after missing Sunday’s game with finger inflammation. McCullough said he doesn’t anticipate Lopez being out much longer.
“The swelling has gone down some,” McCullough said. "He had more range of motion. I think he was able to get through some baseball activity today, hitting in the cage some, come out and play, so he’s certainly better than he was yesterday.”
Lopez is batting .335 with nine home runs and 41 RBIs in 97 games this season.
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Miami Marlins shortstop Otto Lopez, left, turns a double play as Cleveland Guardians' Gabriel Arias (13) arrives near second base during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, July 11, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Jim Rassol)
Miami Marlins pitcher Max Meyer throws during the second inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Saturday, July 18, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Kayla Wolf)
GUWAHATI, India (AP) — At least 10 people were killed and 17 others remain missing after a suspected gas explosion triggered a collapse inside an under-construction tunnel at a hydropower project in India’s northeastern Himalayan state of Sikkim, near the Chinese border, officials said on Tuesday.
The blast ripped through the tunnel on Monday at Samardung village, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the state capital, Gangtok, where multiple workers were carrying out construction work on the 500-megawatt Teesta hydroelectric project, Anupama Tamling, a civil official in the area, told reporters. Survivors who managed to escape told authorities they heard a loud explosion before debris came crashing through the tunnel, trapping dozens inside, she said.
As news of the accident spread, six officials from the state-owned National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), which is building the project, entered the tunnel to assist in rescue efforts but became trapped themselves, officials said.
“We have recovered 10 bodies so far and 17 others are feared trapped,” local police chief Sonam Dolma told reporters.
Rescue teams, including the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), have been struggling to reach those trapped because of hazardous conditions inside the tunnel, where toxic gases have accumulated.
“We found toxic gases such as methane, carbon monoxide and hydrogen sulphide inside the tunnel,” NDRF official Nitin Kumar told reporters at the scene. He said rescuers were using specialized breathing equipment as they tried to search for survivors amid dangerous air conditions.
Construction accidents are not uncommon in India, where rapid infrastructure growth often collides with fragile geology, construction lapses, extreme weather and safety standards.
In the Himalayan region, fragile mountains, seismic activity and unpredictable underground conditions make tunnel projects especially risky. In 2023 a section of a tunnel in northern Uttarakhand state collapsed, trapping 41 workers for 17 days before they were rescued.
Experts say the Teesta River basin, where the hydropower project is being built, lies in a seismically active region marked by young, fragile rock formations riddled with fractures and underground pockets that can trap ancient gases.
Dr. Devesh Walia, a geology professor at North-Eastern Hill University in the neighboring state of Meghalaya, said the area contains relatively young rock formations, some associated with coal-bearing strata.
“It is quite possible that methane along with other gases accumulated underground and may have triggered an explosion,” he said.
Members of the rescue team carry oxygen cylinders outside the entrance to an under-construction tunnel at a hydropower project in Samardung village, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Gangtok, India, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo)
