Valencia day to day due to strained hamstring

NEW YORK — A’s third baseman Danny Valencia exited Wednesday’s game at Yankee Stadium in the fourth inning with a left hamstring strain and is considered day to day.

“We’ll see tomorrow,” manager Bob Melvin said after the A’s 5-2 win. “Just not sure, though we always have a better indication the next day. He won’t play tomorrow, but hopefully it’s not a DL thing.”

Valencia appeared to be shaken up on a play at the plate that concluded the top half of the frame, when he was called out on a spectacular 105.5-mph throw from left fielder Aaron Hicks for the back end of an inning-ending double play.

Melvin said the injury occurred not when Valencia was running home, but when he popped up from the plate.

By removing Valencia from the game, …

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