Mariners' Haniger goes right back on injured list

One day after returning from a two-week stint on the injured list, Seattle Mariners outfielder Mitch Haniger was placed back on the team’s IL on Saturday because of a high ankle sprain.

Haniger had just been reinstated on Friday after being placed on the IL on April 16 after testing positive for COVID-19.

After singling in his first at-bat back in the second inning against the Miami Marlins on Friday, Haniger limped off the field and did not return to the game.

He said after the game that he hurt himself when fouling a ball off his ankle during the at-bat.

X-rays at LoanDepot Park on Friday night were negative, but Haniger underwent an MRI at a Miami hospital Saturday morning.

Haniger, 31, is batting just .200 (7-for-35) with three homers and seven RBIs in nine games this season. He is coming off a year when he posted career bests of 39 homers and 100 RBIs in 157 games.

TWINS' OBER ON IL >> The Minnesota Twins placed right-hander Bailey Ober on the 10-day injured list with a right groin strain.

The move is made retroactive to Friday, one day after Ober exited in the fourth inning of a game against the Detroit Tigers because of the injury.

Ober, 26, is 1-1 with a 2.75 ERA in four starts this season. OFF AND RUNNING >> The St. Louis Cardinals lead the majors with 22 stolen bases in 23 attempts after stealing two Saturday against Arizona.

Harrison Bader swiped second base in the second inning, giving him a National Leagueleading six; Bader had nine stolen bases in 2021.

The lone blemish this season came when Albert Pujols attempted to steal third at Milwaukee on April 14 and was caught by Brewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff.