Rays put Meadows on IL with thumb sprain, reinstate Wendle

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays have placed outfielder Austin Meadows on the 10-day injured list with a sprained right thumb.
Meadows was hurt when he awkwardly slid into third base on a two-run triple in the seventh inning of Saturday night’s 6-5 loss to the Boston Red Sox. He called it a “freak accident.”
The 23-year-old right fielder said an MRI showed some damage and that he would be examined by a hand specialist.
Meadows is hitting .351 with six homers