Injuries taking their toll on Brewers

Egg - rush these guys some Polish Medicine!

Randy Wolf allowed three runs on seven hits in four innings against the Giants, but was pleased that he didn't walk a batter.
Dickerson, Schafer are latest casualties
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March 14, 2011 |(1) Comments

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Scottsdale, Ariz. — The springtime injuries keep piling up for the Brewers.

"I'm afraid to walk to my car," left-handed pitcher Randy Wolf said.

Monday against the Giants, two more Brewers were hurt: outfielders Logan Schafer (thumb) and Chris Dickerson (intercostal muscle).

Dickerson's injury initially looked awful. In the fourth, he violently collided on the base path with huge Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval. Both went down and took some time to get up. Sandoval stayed in the game, but Dickerson had to leave.

"Thank God Sandoval lost 30 pounds or that might have been a decapitation," Wolf said. "I thought he dislocated his shoulder. It sounded bad."

Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said he thought Dickerson would be OK, but the manager sounded unsure about the status of Schafer, who hurt his thumb sliding into Miguel Tejada's shoe. X-rays are scheduled.

Both joined a long, long list of Brewers who have been banged up this spring. Shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt (quad) and centerfielder Carlos Gomez (back stiffness) were withheld against the Giants for precautionary reasons, but Roenicke was optimistic they would play again soon. Ryan Braun (intercostal) played Monday and was excused after two planned at-bats.

Still, the sight of players going down every day is wearing on the skipper.

"Yes, it is," he said. "I'm used to injuries, but we just keep having them all the time. It's bothersome.

"Corey (Hart) is progressing. (Jonathan) Lucroy looks really good. That's great. (Zack) Greinke is coming around fine. But the more we keep playing, the more they see guys going down all the time. It's like I don't want to put on signs because I don't want to get anybody hurt."