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Zito sprains ankle during rehab start

Published Aug. 14, 2011 1:00 a.m. ET

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San Francisco Giants left-hander Barry Zito sprained his right ankle during a rehabilitation start for Triple-A Fresno and will be sidelined indefinitely.

Zito was already on the disabled list with a sprained right foot that has hampered him since April. The latest injury occurred on a fielding play Saturday night, and he was helped off the field by trainers.

''I saw a picture of the ankle, and it's pretty bad,'' Giants manager Bruce Bochy said Sunday. ''It's really swollen. It looks like there's a baseball in there, so this looks like it's going to be quite awhile.''

Zito, who won the 2002 American League Cy Young Award while with the Oakland Athletics, is 3-4 in nine starts for the Giants this season with an ERA of 5.62.

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