Bruce exits Mets’ game with right calf strain

ST. LOUIS — Just as their lineup was starting to approach something close to whole, the Mets lost another player to injury. But outfielder Jay Bruce came away from Wednesday’s 8-1 loss to the Cardinals with merely a right calf strain, and hopes to return to the lineup as soon as Thursday.

Bruce departed in the second inning, shortly after legging out a bloop double to left. He believes the injury stems from a ball that he fouled off his shin over the weekend in San Francisco, “knotting up” the muscles in back of his leg. Though Bruce felt fine as he warmed prior to Wednesday’s game, he …

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