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Oakland Athletics manager Bob Melvin, center right, and others attend to Elvis Andrus, center, after he collapsed with an injury after scoring a walk-off win against the Houston Astros in the ninth inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021. The Athletics won 2-1. (AP Photo/John Hefti)

OAKLAND, Calif. ā€“ Oakland Athletics shortstop Elvis Andrus was put on the 10-day injured list Sunday, a day after breaking his left leg while scoring the winning run against the Houston Astros.

The Aā€™s also placed infielder Jed Lowrie on the IL with a sprained right hand.

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Andrus singled leading off the bottom of the ninth against Ryan Pressly on Saturday and scored from first when Starling Marte lined a double into the gap in right-center. Andrus stumbled rounding third and barely made it to home plate.

The Athletics' 2-1 win kept them in the AL wild-card race.

Aā€™s trainer Nick Paparesta noted that Andrus had been hit in the same leg earlier in the game and had other minor injuries in his left leg. This injury was a fractured fibula.

ā€œIt could be a multitude of little micro-traumas that kind of caused this thing,ā€ Paparesta said. ā€œThen he puts all of his weight on it, and (in) doing everything he can to get to home I think may have caused the fracture.ā€

Andrus stayed on the ground for several moments before being helped into the dugout, and X-rays taken revealed the fracture. The 33-year-old is expected to fly back to Texas and meet with orthopedic surgeon Dr. Keith Meister before a determination is made on the next step.

ā€œI donā€™t know that Iā€™ve managed a player thatā€™s tougher than Elvis is,ā€ Aā€™s manager Bob Melvin said. ā€œPound for pound this kid brings it every day. Probably played hurt way more than anybody knew. His pain tolerance is off the charts. Obviously, it gives us a big hole.ā€

In other moves, the Aā€™s reinstated reliever Sam Moll from the paternity list and recalled infielder Vimael Machin from Triple-A Sacramento.

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