Astros shortstop Adam Everett suffered a fractured right fibula in the fourth inning of today’s game against the Oakland A’s in a collision with left fielder Carlos Lee. He’s expected to miss four to eight weeks.

Everett was racing towards the outfield trying to track down a pop up off the bat of Oakland catcher Jason Kendall and collided with Lee, who outweighs Everett by 40 pounds. Everett's right leg got trapped underneath Lee, and Everett squirmed on the ground in pain before being carted off the field and taken for x-rays.

Everett is hitting .228 this year with two homers and 15 RBIs. He went 0-for-2 and committed two errors before being injured. He missed 49 games in 2004 after breaking his left wrist when he was hit by a pitch.

The Astros did not announce what roster move they would make to replace Everett, but Eric Bruntlett is the most likely candidate to be summoned from Class AAA Round Rock.

brian.mctaggart@chron.com