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CLOSENow Commenting On:Full Game Coverage Rasmus still on mend from infected bug bite Email PrintRasmus' diving grab 0:416/20/15: Colby Rasmus charges in and lays out to rob Mark Trumbo of a base hit in the 8th By Chandler Rome/MLB Cardale Jones Jersey.com | +0 COMMENTSHOUSTON -- Colby Rasmus needed antibiotics via an IV on Monday as he struggles to recover from a bug bite on his left wrist that's become infected, Houston manager A.J. Hinch said.Rasmus was scratched from the starting lineup about two hours before Saturday's 9-6 loss to the Yankees with a "skin infection" and has not played since. Hinch said Rasmus remembers first noticing the bite in Seattle last week, but the outfielder played through the issue."He started feeling a little more lethargic and worse and he got a little bit of swelling around the wound and then now we just want to make sure we get him as much -- get him the IV http://www.buckeyesedge.com/evan-spencer-jersey, get him the antibiotics and make sure that he's back to 100 percent," Hinch said before Monday's game.Hinch, who said he's unaware of what bit Rasmus http://www.buckeyesedge.com/j-t-barrett-jersey, said the medicine has taken its toll, costing the outfielder a lot of sleep.Hinch estimated Rasmus will be able to make the nine-game road trip that runs into the All-Star break http://www.buckeyesedge.com/troy-smith-jersey, but said Rasmus won't start on Tuesday against the Royals, though that's as much a baseball decision as a medical decision.Chandler Rome is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.