Yordan Alvarez suffered a scary harm when he crossed dwelling plate within the first inning of Monday's Astros recreation towards the Rangers in Houston.
The Astros later introduced that Alvarez suffered a left ankle sprain and manager Joe Espada told reporters after the sport that Alvarez would endure an MRI examination on his left ankle on Tuesday.
The Astros outfielder had been on first base when Carlos Correa hit a ball towards the infield and Rangers starter Jack Leiter dedicated a throwing error, permitting Alvarez to attain from first.
As Alvarez was coming throughout dwelling, he appeared to slide on the plate and his ankle rolled, sending him towards the Astros dugout hobbling.
Astros first baseman Christian Walker had been getting into the on-deck circle and helped Alvarez brace after he rolled his ankle.
A staff coach and Espada rapidly got here out to examine on Alvarez and he was helped down the dugout steps and down the tunnel to the clubhouse.
Rookie Zach Cole got here into the lineup for Alvarez.
The harm was the most recent blow for Alvarez, who had solely simply returned on Aug. 26 from a right-hand fracture that saved him out of the lineup for 100 video games this season.
He had been hitting .369/.455/.569 within the 18 video games since his return.
The harm to Alvarez couldn't have come at a worse time for the Astros, as they discover themselves trailing the Mariners by one recreation within the AL West and clinging to a two-game benefit within the AL Wild Card over the Rangers.
The Astros face the Rangers and Mariners over their subsequent six video games because the season winds to an in depth.
