Cubs C Miguel Amaya placed on IL after getting hurt in return

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Right after returning from a lengthy absence, Chicago Cubs catcher Miguel Amaya is headed back to the injured list after spraining his left ankle while stepping on first base Wednesday night against the Toronto Blue Jays.

Amaya was carted off the field after his foot landed awkwardly at the front of the base as he beat out an infield single in the eighth inning. Amaya twisted in the air after the impact and landed on his back.

"You knew something was pretty seriously wrong pretty quickly," Cubs manager Craig Counsell said.

Cubs athletic trainers eventually lifted Amaya onto a waiting cart, and he was driven off while holding a towel over his face. Counsell said X-rays did…