Injuries have struck the Royals so hard in the last few days that outfielder Mark Teahen is back at third base for the first time since Sept. 5, 2006.</p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s his old position, but it&#8217;s new to him this year,&#8221; Royals manager Trey Hillman said. &#8220;We will see how it goes.</p><p>&#8220;He worked on it a little bit in Chicago. He looked pretty natural over there. I&#8217;d like to see what T can do at his old position.&#8221;</p><p>Although third baseman Alex Gordon hasn&#8217;t been placed on the disabled list, an examination revealed a tear in the upper right side of his leg. Gordon left Thursday&#8217;s game in Cleveland after experiencing tightness in his quadriceps while making a charging pick-up and throw on a grounder to third base.</p><p>&#8220;We are thinking: A couple of weeks, and I will be back in there,&#8221; Gordon said. &#8220;You&#8217;ve played all year, and you just want to end the season on a good note. The season is winding down, and you want to finish it up. It&#8217;s tough.&#8221;</p><p>Teahen said he was &#8220;just having fun with it&#8221; when he started taking ground balls at third base on the recently completed road trip.</p><p>But now Teahen has to take fielding grounders seriously.</p><p>&#8220;The ball gets on you a lot quicker at third than it does in right field,&#8221; Teahen said. &#8220;I&#8217;ve just got to make sure I&#8217;m ready every pitch and zone in.&#8221;</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Roster move</span></strong></p><p>It&#8217;s seemingly a daily occurrence: The Royals place a player on the disabled list and call somebody up.</p><p>On Friday, reliever Ron Mahay went on the disabled list and starter Kyle Davies was recalled from Class AAA Omaha.</p><p>Mahay made just one brief appearance since Aug. 6 because of plantar fasciitis, an inflammation of the tissue along the bottom of the foot &#8212; in Mahay&#8217;s case, the left foot. His time on the disabled list will be backdated to start Aug. 16.</p><p>The Royals placed pitcher Luke Hochevar and outfielder Mitch Maier on the disabled list earlier in the week. Hochevar has a deep bruise and strained muscles in his rib cage, while Maier suffered multiple facial fractures when hit by a pitch.</p><p>&#8220;It is pretty bad as far as injuries go,&#8221; Hillman said. &#8220;But everybody else has had them to some degree.</p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been a rash obviously. It wasn&#8217;t a good road trip, going 1-8. It wasn&#8217;t entirely the injuries&#8217; fault. I don&#8217;t want to point to injuries. We didn&#8217;t pitch good enough to win those games. We didn&#8217;t play good enough defense, and we didn&#8217;t hit good enough.&#8221;</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Grudzielanek back in KC</span></strong></p><p>Mark Grudzielanek was back in the Kansas City clubhouse after spending time at home in San Diego.</p><p>Grudzielanek, who went on the disabled list Aug. 2 because of a right ankle injury, isn&#8217;t sure he will be able to play again this season.</p><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m going to have an MRI next week,&#8221; Grudzielanek said. &#8220;It will be my fourth in four weeks. Once we see that, we will see how much healing its done and go from there.&#8221;</p><p>Grudzielanek said he hasn&#8217;t done a lot since he tore his deltoid ligament in his right ankle when collided with Ross Gload on a pop up. He&#8217;s been on the bike some.</p><p>Grudzielanek is certain that he will play again next year and possibly the year after that.