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- Updated: September 8, 2016
NEW YORK — In addition to the Blue Jays being swept at Yankee Stadium, starting catcher Russell Martin also exited Wednesday’s 2-0 loss in the top of the ninth inning after tweaking his left knee. He is considered day to day.
Martin grimaced running to first base on a groundout in the top of the seventh inning, but he stayed in the game on defense and even caught Chase Headley stealing in the eighth before being lifted for pinch-hitter Dioner Navarro in the ninth. Toronto’s starting backstop said he felt the pain while batting all game, with each additional swing aggravating the knee.
“Every swing it felt like something was biting me right in that knee,” Martin said. “I felt like in that situation, the way I …
