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GLENDALE — Arizona Cardinals starting center A.Q. Shipley was carted to the locker room after injuring his leg during practice Saturday.
Shipley was able to walk off the field on his own but after a brief time in an examination tent was taken to the locker room on a cart, a towel draped over his head.
The six-year NFL veteran started all 16 games in each of the past two seasons.
There was no post-practice coach availability and the team has Sunday off so the extent of the injury might not be publicly known until the team resumes training camp on Monday.
Rookie Mason Cole, a thirdround draft pick out of Michigan, replaced Shipley with the first unit following the injury.
Angels manager Scioscia expected to step down
CLEVELAND — Los Angeles Angels manager Mike Scioscia is expected to step down at the end of this season, according to a report by Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic.
Scioscia has managed the Angels since 2000 and is the longest-tenured manager in the majors. Only four managers in baseball history have managed one team for more consecutive seasons than these 19 by Scioscia.
The 59-year-old Scioscia led the Angels to a World Series title in 2002.
The Athletic’s report was pinned on unidentified major league sources and surfaced late Saturday night following the Angels’ 3-0 loss at Cleveland. Scioscia is under contract through the end of 2018. The Angels are 55-57 this year.
A voicemail left by The Associated Press with a media relations member traveling with the Angels was not immediately returned.
Scioscia has 1,625 career wins. The former big league catcher led the Angels to six division titles and seven playoff appearances.
Astros get 13 hits in 14-0 rout of Dodgers
LOS ANGELES — Josh Reddick’s three-run homer highlighted Houston’s seven-run eighth, and the Astros beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 14-0 on Saturday night for their fourth straight win.
Houston’s Lance McCullers Jr. left after 60 pitches because of right elbow discomfort. He allowed two hits over four innings in his first start at Dodger Stadium since Game 7 of last year’s World Series, won by the Astros.
The Dodgers were limited to three hits in losing their fifth straight regular-season game to Houston since 2015.
The AL West-leading Astros pounded out 13 hits and batted around twice in the game, including the eighth when John Axford was charged with six runs in a rocky Dodgers debut after being acquired from Toronto at the trade deadline. Axford, a 10-year veteran, failed to record a strikeout on 27 pitches and hit left fielder Tony Kemp on his right foot, forcing him to leave the game.