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Giles' baby daughter dies

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Posted 7:20PM on Thursday 20th June 2002 ( 23 years ago )
ATLANTA - The baby daughter of Atlanta Braves second baseman Marcus Giles has died -- 16 days after her premature birth.<br> <br> Lundyn Mae Giles weighed just one pound when she was delivered by Caesarean section on June 3 at Atlanta&#39;s Northside Hospital. She died Wednesday.<br> <br> Because she was ten weeks premature, the infant had been in the neonatal intensive care section.<br> <br> Braves spokesman Jim Schultz said Giles called during Wednesday night&#39;s Tigers-Braves game to inform the team of the death.<br> <br> Giles is on the 15-day disabled list with a sprained ankle.<br> <br> He was scheduled to go on a rehabilitation assignment to the minors earlier this month, but that was delayed so he could remain with his wife -- Tracy -- and the baby.

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