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Yankees right-hander Hiroki Kuroda left Wednesday night's start in the second inning after taking a line drive to the fingertips. Here's the play in question:

Kuroda actually remained in the game after throwing a few warm-up pitches, but his command was non-existent after that play and something was clearly not right. He was removed after walking the bases loaded and forcing in a run with a hit by pitch.

Given all the offense the Yankees have lost to injury -- Alex Rodriguez, Curtis Granderson and Mark Teixeira, most notably -- their pitching is going to have to carry them if they want to remain in the AL East hunt. Losing Kuroda, who went 16-11 with a 3.32 ERA last year, would obviously be huge.

UPDATE: Manager Joe Girardi told reporters that it's just a "bruised middle finger" and X-rays confirmed nothing is broken. It's unclear if Kuroda will be able to make his next scheduled start, however. The Yankees catch a break.