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Worth noting

• Rookie shortstop Jonathan Villar underwent an MRI on Wednesday afternoon after suffering a left thumb sprain in Tuesday's game. The results weren't immediately available, but Luhnow expects him to miss a few days and perhaps be back in the lineup by this weekend.

Brian McTaggart is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Tag's Lines. Follow @brianmctaggart on Twitter.
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