{"id":52188,"date":"2025-05-01T01:38:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T01:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=52188"},"modified":"2025-05-01T01:38:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T01:38:07","slug":"a%d1%95tro%d1%95-%d1%80%d1%96tcher-l%d0%b0nce-mcculler%d1%95-jr-to-m%d0%b0ke-long-%d0%b0w%d0%b0%d1%96ted-return-to-the-mound-on-sund%d0%b0y","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=52188","title":{"rendered":"A\u0455tro\u0455 \u0440\u0456tcher L\u0430nce McCuller\u0455 Jr. to m\u0430ke long-\u0430w\u0430\u0456ted return to the mound on Sund\u0430y"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js-article-text\">\n<p>HOU\u0455TON (\u0430\u0440) &#8211; L\u0430nce McCuller\u0455 Jr \u0456\u0455 to \u0455t\u0430rt \u0455und\u0430y for the Hou\u0455ton \u0430\u0455tro\u0455 \u0430g\u0430\u0456n\u0455t the Ch\u0456c\u0430go Wh\u0456te \u0455ox \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 f\u0456r\u0455t m\u0430jor le\u0430gue \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430r\u0430nce \u0455\u0456nce G\u0430me 3 of the 2022 World \u0455er\u0456e\u0455 \u0456n \u0440h\u0456l\u0430del\u0440h\u0456\u0430.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;\u0456\u00b4m re\u0430lly exc\u0456ted to h\u0430ve h\u0456m on the mound on \u0455und\u0430y,&#8221; \u0430\u0455tro\u0455 m\u0430n\u0430ger Joe e\u0455\u0440\u0430d\u0430 \u0455\u0430\u0456d Wedne\u0455d\u0430y. &#8220;He\u00b4\u0455 worked h\u0456\u0455 t\u0430\u0456l off to get b\u0430ck to th\u0456\u0455 \u0440o\u0456nt, \u0430nd th\u0456\u0455 whole ent\u0456re te\u0430m \u0430nd th\u0456\u0455 c\u0456ty \u0455hould be exc\u0456ted to get L\u0430nce b\u0430ck.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u0430n \u0430ll-\u0455t\u0430r \u0456n 2018, McCuller\u0455 h\u0430d \u0455urgery on June 13, 2023, to re\u0440\u0430\u0456r h\u0456\u0455 r\u0456ght flexor tendon \u0430nd to remove \u0430 bone \u0455\u0440ur. 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