Pearce was removed from Sunday's 5-0 win over the Yankees in the bottom of the seventh inning after tweaking a preexisting forearm/elbow injury, Jon Meoli of the Baltimore Sun reports.

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Serving as the team's leadoff hitter for the afternoon, Pearce turned in one of his best games in an Oriole uniform, going 3-for-4 with a solo homer and three RBI. However, he was unable to escape the game unscathed as he felt a twinge in his elbow on the sixth-inning long ball and was pulled from the game an inning later as a precaution. It's not believed that Pearce is dealing with anything serious, but the fact that the elbow pain resurfaced after it bothered him earlier in the month is something the team will have to monitor closely.