Detroit Tigers All-Star second baseman Gleyber Torres left Saturday’s sport in opposition to the host Cleveland Guardians within the first inning because of a neck contusion however apparently prevented a critical harm.
Tigers supervisor A.J. Hinch termed Torres’ removing as precautionary, whereas Torres indicated to reporters after Detroit’s 1-0 win that every 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 related 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 obtained elbowed within the neck, which sort of jarred him,” Hinch stated. “He wanted a minute and simply felt a bit of off. So we erred on the aspect 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 properly and the whole lot was advantageous. Hopefully, that was only a scare. It clearly regarded painful and was sort 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.
–Area Degree Media