ANAHEIM, Calif. _ In the week since being knocked unconscious in a home plate collision in Houston, Los Angeles Angels catcher Jonathan Lucroy has walked around sporting a shiner and spoken as though plagued by a cold.
He will address one issue Tuesday. He is scheduled to undergo a closed reduction surgery on his broken nose, an injury sustained when he tried to prevent the Astros' Jake Marisnick from scoring in a tied game July 7. Lucroy was also concussed on the hit, which sent him to a hospital.
Lucroy's recovery from the readjustment _ the surgery is a noninvasive procedure _ and the concussion could keep him out of the Angels' lineup for three weeks, manager Brad Ausmus said Sunday.
Lucroy, who was well enough after the gruesome injury to ride in a car to Louisiana and serve as an honorary pallbearer for the funeral of his former college coach Tony Robichaux, was more optimistic. He does not expect to be in a nose cast after the surgery for more than a week.
"Once (my nose) starts to get in place, if there's no bleeding or anything I should be able to start some activities," Lucroy said.
