Braves’ Aybar back in lineup after chicken-bone scare

Braves shortstop Erick Aybar was back in the lineup a day after he received medical attention for a chicken bone that lodged in his throat.

“It hurts a little bit, but I’m fine,” Aybar said through an interpreter before the Braves played the Phillies on Friday.

The incident happened as Aybar was eating lunch in the visitor’s clubhouse at PNC Park in Pittsburgh on Thursday. He was sedated for a procedure to remove the bone, but it had dislodged by then. Aybar returned to the ballpark, but didn’t play against the Pirates.

“I could breathe fine, it was just bothersome,” Aybar said. “It was more of an annoying type of thing in the throat. It wasn’t so much painful or a concern.”

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