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Tuivailala stays connected with social media

SEATTLE -- It's not easy staying a part of a team during a lengthy injury rehab, but Mariners reliever Sam Tuivailala found a way to bridge the distance through social media.

After being acquired in a trade with the Cardinals last July, Tuivailala had only been with his new club 11 days when he blew out his Achilles tendon in a rundown between third base and home on Aug. 8 in Arlington.

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Sam Tuivailala strains his Achilles tendon during a rundown and is helped off the field before exiting the game in the bottom of the 6th

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