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ATLANTA - Veteran umpire Jerry
Crawford left Friday night's game between the Atlanta Braves
and Milwaukee Brewers with a sore back.
It was the third time this
season Crawford has been unable to finish a game.
Crawford was umpiring first
base when he walked off the field toward the Braves dugout
after the second inning. He conferred with a member of the
Braves training staff and did not return to the field.
There was no delay, and the
game continued with a three-man crew.
The 60-year-old Crawford left
the April 30 Brewers-Cubs game in Chicago when he had a bad
reaction to medicine and was forced to spend a night in a
hospital.
Crawford also left the May 25
Phillies-Astros game in Houston when he was hit on the head
by Carlos Lee's bat. He was taken to a hospital for tests
but didn't need stitches and was back at the ballpark before
the game ended.
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