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Red Sox SS Xander Bogaerts going on DL with cracked bone in ankle

Boston Red Sox Xander Bogaerts, center, is assisted as he leaves the field as manager Alex Cora, left, looks on in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Sunday, April 8, 2018, in Boston. (Steven Senne / Associated Press)
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BOSTON – Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts is going on the 10-day disabled list because of a cracked bone in his left ankle.

Boston says an MRI confirmed the injury on Monday, a day after he was hurt. The injury is a non-displaced fracture and won’t require surgery. He is expected to miss 10-to-014 days.

Bogaerts, a 2016 AL All-Star, left Sunday’s 8-7 over Tampa Bay in the seventh inning after injuring his ankle while sliding into the Rays dugout. He was covering third base and chasing his own mishandling of a ball relayed by left fielder J.D. Martinez.

Boston says it will recall infielder Tzu-Wei Lin from Triple-A Pawtucket.

In addition, left-hander Drew Pomeranz’s injury rehabilitation assignment is being transferred from Pawtucket to Double-A Portland as he comes back from a left forearm flexor strain