MINNEAPOLIS -- Twins first baseman Joe Mauer was held out of the lineup for a second straight game with sore quads, and manager Paul Molitor said the injury is a bit more serious than originally thought.
Mauer was also out of the starting lineup on Sunday (he pinch-hit in the ninth) before playing on Tuesday after the Twins' off-day on Monday.
"It's lingering a little bit," Molitor said. "I think it was actually a little bit more problematic than he was leading on in terms of trying to find a way to play through it.