Angels' Yunel Escobar: Leaves Friday's game with injury

Escobar left Friday's game in the sixth inning with an apparent injury, Maria Guardado of MLB.com reports.

It's unclear what, if any, injury Escobar sustained. Earlier in the sixth inning, Escobar was nearly hit by a pitch, and it wasn't apparent if he sustained an injury from the pitch itself or when he fell down in an attempt to avoid it (or to try and sell to the umpire that the ball had hit him). One reporter even called it a "non-contact upper body injury." Cliff Pennington replaced him at third base and would be the likely short-term replacement should Escobar miss any further action.