HOUSTON ASTROS- JAKE ODORIZZI CARRIED OFF THE FIELD AGAINST RED SOX AFTER APPARENT LEG INJURY; ‘WE HOPE FOR THE BEST’.
Odorizzi entered the game with a 15 2/3 inning shutout streak.
It was an alarming scene for the Houston Astros when right-handed pitcher Jake Odorizzi suddenly collapsed during the fifth inning of Monday night’s game against the Boston Red Sox and was eventually carted off the field in what the team described as “leg discomfort.”
The 32-year-old All-Star appeared to be running toward first base when he fell after just taking a few steps off the mound. He rolled over in apparent pain, grabbing at his left leg before being helped onto a stretcher and taken off the field.
The Astros said in a tweet that Odorizzi was out of the game with “lower left leg discomfort.”
“He’s probably doing better than it looked like on the mound,” manager Dusty Baker said after the game, via MLB.com. “He has to go get analyzed by the doctors tomorrow, and so we’ll have more word tomorrow. He’s on crutches and he was in a boot, [but] he’s in good spirits so … we hope for the best.”
Odorizzi entered the game with a 15 2/3 inning shutout streak but the Red Sox would go on to win, 6-3.
“He came into camp in great spirits, in great shape, and he was throwing the ball great. You know he’s a strong guy,” Baker added. “This is a temporary setback. We still got a long way to go and hopefully, we’ll get him back and he’ll return the way he left.”
