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Blue Jays' Bichette leaves game after 5 innings with sore right quadriceps

Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette left Sunday's home game against Cleveland after five innings because of a sore right quadriceps. Bichette returned Aug. 19 after missing 16 games because of right knee tendinitis. Toronto went 8-8 without him.

Shortstop returned Aug. 19 after missing 16 games because of right knee tendinitis

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A male baseball player lifts his right leg while throwing a ball as a player to his rightslides to touch a base with his right foot.
Blue Jays' Bo Bichette forces out Myles Straw of the Guardians at second base during the third inning of Toronto's 10-7 loss on Sunday at Rogers Centre in Toronto. (Mark Blinch/Getty Images)

Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette left Sunday's home game against the Cleveland Guardians after five innings because of a sore right quadriceps.

Bichette returned Aug. 19 after missing 16 games because of right knee tendinitis. Toronto went 8-8 without him.

Bichette grounded out to second base in the fifth and did not run hard to first. Santiago Espinal took over at shortstop in the top of the sixth. Toronto went on to lose 10-7 in extra innings.

Bichette went 0 for 3 before departing. He came in leading the AL with 152 hits this season.

Blue Jays third baseman Matt Chapman left in the sixth when Whit Merrifield hit for him. Cavan Biggio moved from second to third, Davis Schneider moved from left field to second base, and Merrifield went in to left.

Jays place Swanson on 15-day IL

The Blue Jays placed right-hander Erik Swanson on the 15-day injured list earlier in the day.

The 29-year-old relief pitcher is suffering from thoracic spine inflammation.

Swanson's last outing came on Saturday, where he pitched 1/3 of an inning and allowed one hit in an 8-3 win over the Guardians.

The Blue Jays also recalled right-hander Jay Jackson from Triple-A Buffalo.

Jackson was active for Sunday's series finale against Cleveland.

With files from The Canadian Press

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