Manny Machado suffers an ankle injury Sunday vs the Rockies

Padres' Manny Machado suffers sprained ankle vs. Rockies; X-rays come back negative

San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado exited Sunday's loss against

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The Colorado Rockies in the first inning after suffering a sprained ankle while trying to beat out a ground ball.

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Machado has since undergone X-rays on the ankle

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Those coming back negative, according to the Padres' team Twitter account.

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The Padres have not officially placed Machado on the injured list

but they appear to be bracing for such a maneuver.

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per Baseball Reference's calculations; that's the highest among big-league position players.

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They entered the day just a half-game back of the Los Angeles Dodgers for first in the National League West.

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