ARLINGTON -- The Rangers' reigning “ironman,” second baseman Marcus Semien , was placed on the 10-day injured list with a left foot contusion Saturday -- his first IL stint since 2017 -- interrupting a remarkable span of durability in which he started an astonishing 98.5 percent of his teams’ games over eight seasons.

Semien was hurt when he fouled a ball off the top of his foot on Thursday in Kansas City. Since the beginning of 2018, Semien leads the Majors with 1,145 games played and 5,139 plate appearances. No one else is within 200 plate appearances of Semien during that time.

“It’s amazing what he can do through some pain and injuries, but with this thing, he can’t hardly walk,” manager Bruce Bochy said. “So I'm hoping it's not gonna be too long, but it looks like it could be a li

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