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TORONTO, ON - MAY 10: Manager Terry Francona #17 of the Cleveland Indians returns to the dugout after making a pitching change in the fifth inning during MLB game action against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre on May 10, 2017 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images)
TORONTO, ON - MAY 10: Manager Terry Francona #17 of the Cleveland Indians returns to the dugout after making a pitching change in the fifth inning during MLB game action against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre on May 10, 2017 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images)Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images

Terry Francona to Undergo Testing for Illness, Won't Manage Indians vs. Padres

Scott PolacekJul 4, 2017

The Cleveland Indians announced they will be without manager Terry Francona for Tuesday's game against the San Diego Padres.

The announcement noted Francona will undergo follow-up tests at Cleveland Clinic and will be replaced by bench coach Brad Mills.

This comes after the manager left a game Monday, June 26, with an unspecified health issue. The team issued a statement at the time, noting he would "continue to be monitored over the next several weeks to determine the nature of his recent symptoms:"

Francona missed Cleveland's game on June 27, and Jordan Bastian of MLB.com noted the manager also left a contest on June 13 when he experienced lightheadedness from dehydration. According to Bastian, Francona missed a game last year with chest discomfort and was taken to the hospital in 2005 as manager of the Boston Red Sox with "stiffness" in his chest.

What's more, he was hospitalized for four days in 2002 with a pulmonary embolism in each lung.

This is Francona's fifth season with the Indians, and he sports a 396-331 record during that tenure. He led Cleveland to the World Series last year and has his team atop the American League Central in 2017 with a 44-37 mark.

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