San Diego Padres slugger Manny Machado suffered a left ankle sprain Sunday when his foot slipped off the bag as he raced down the first-base line attempting to show a floor ball to the pitcher right into a single.
Machado was helped off the sphere and exited the sport towards the Colorado Rockies. The Padres mentioned X-Rays on Machado’s ankle got here again detrimental.
The third baseman is having fun with one other All-Star-caliber season, hitting .329 with 12 residence runs and 46 RBIs in 65 video games getting into Sunday. His excellence has the Padres (41-26) within the hunt within the Nationwide League West regardless of the season-long absence to this point of star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr.
The Padres entered Sunday solely a half-game again of the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers however had a golden alternative to strike whereas the Dodgers are with out injured star Mookie Betts (damaged rib). Now two of MLB’s greatest abilities shall be sidelined because the division race heats up.
Dr. David Chao, the previous head physician for the NFL’s Chargers, wrote on Twitter that he suspects Machado averted a fracture however suffered a extreme sprain and may very well be out longer than Tatis Jr. Chao is famend for his accuracy instantly diagnosing accidents off of video footage at SICscore.com.
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