HOUSTON — Astros proper fielder Kyle Tucker is day-to-day with a proper shin contusion, in keeping with supervisor Joe Espada, after fouling a ball off his leg within the third inning of Houston’s 7-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday evening.
Tucker dropped to his arms and knees after the ball bounced off his leg, just under the knee. He remained in that place for a number of minutes whereas a coach and Espada got here onto the sector to verify on him.
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He slowly acquired to his ft and took just a few steps towards first base the place he seemed to be limping. He put his batting helmet again on, however quickly determined that he could not proceed his at-bat and was changed by pinch hitter Mauricio Dubón.
Tucker mentioned after the sport that he was OK.
“We did some X-rays and nothing was damaged or something,” he mentioned. “So I am certain we’ll do some extra stuff tomorrow and whatnot. Proper now it is simply type of hurting but it surely’s all proper, we’ll get by way of it.”
Tucker is batting .266 and is tied for second within the majors with 19 house runs.
The Related Press contributed to this report.