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Indians' 3B Lonnie Chisenhall out with forearm fracture after being hit by pitch

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Cleveland Indians rookie third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall left Friday's game against the Baltimore Orioles in the fifth inning after taking a Tyler Patton fastball near the right wrist, according to Jordan Bastian of MLB.com.

After he was taken for X-rays, the results were not good, per Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer:

https://twitter.com/hoynsie/status/218885093173903360

https://twitter.com/hoynsie/status/218885256428789760

As for when Chisenhall might be back, Hoynes passed along manager Manny Acta's prognosis:

https://twitter.com/hoynsie/status/218901493783339009