Detroit Tigers All-Star second baseman Gleyber Torres left Saturday’s recreation towards the host Cleveland Guardians within the first inning as a result of a neck contusion however apparently averted a severe damage.
Tigers supervisor A.J. Hinch termed Torres’ elimination as precautionary, whereas Torres indicated to reporters after Detroit’s 1-0 win that each one was advantageous.
Torres was injured on a drive play at second base to finish the inning off a grounder hit by teammate Riley Greene. Cleveland shortstop Brayan Rocchio needed to lunge to seize a behind-the-back flip from second baseman Johnathan Rodriguez and Rocchio’s elbow linked with the sliding Torres.
Torres stopped on the bottom earlier than the bag and was attended to for a couple of minutes earlier than exiting the sector.
“He acquired elbowed within the neck, which type of jarred him,” Hinch stated. “He wanted a minute and simply felt somewhat off. So we erred on the facet of warning and took him out. (Trainers) got here to me within the third or fourth inning and gave me the discover that he was doing nicely and all the things was advantageous. Hopefully, that was only a scare. It clearly appeared painful and was type of a clumsy collision.”
Javier Baez moved from shortstop to second base within the backside of the primary and Mark Sweeney entered to play shortstop.
Torres, 28, walked within the first inning to increase his on-base streak to 18 video games. The All-Star starter is batting .279 with 9 homers and 44 RBIs in 77 video games.
–Discipline Degree Media
