Quote (austinhb @ Jun 4 2011 12:24am)

he was trying to stretch a double into a triple thats about it

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Center fielder Jordan Schafer was diagnosed with a non-displaced sinus fracture, the Braves announced Saturday morning.

The team said it would not make a move to put Schafer on the disabled list at this time.

The Braves can get by for the short term with both Joe Mather and Matt Young available to play center field. The Braves have not yet specified an expected time of recovery for Schafer or whether he could play with some kind of protective facial guard.

Schafer was taken to a New York area hospital Friday night for X-rays and a CT Scan after fouling a bunt attempt off his face in the fifth inning of the Braves 6-3 win over the Mets.

Schafer dropped to the ground in pain, but eventually walked off on his own power with an ice pack on his face, escorted by Braves trainer Jeff Porter.

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Going back through a May 14 game against the Phillies, Freeman is hitting .388 (26-for-67) with eight doubles, a homer, and nine RBIs in his past 17 games. He’s had four straight multi-hit games, and five in his past six, three of which were three-hit games.

Part of me thinks this really got going in earnest when Freeman went back home and hit in front of his father and hometown friends in Anaheim against the Angels. He went 4-for-12 in that series, and since going 2-for-5 in that middle game on May 21, he’s hit .413 (19-for-46) in 11 games with seven doubles, a homer and seven RBIs and multi-hit games in seven of them