Houston RHP Odorizzi Stretchered off in Boston, to Get MRI

BOSTON (AP) — Houston Astros right-hander Jake Odorizzi collapsed with a leg damage working to cowl first base within the fifth inning Monday night time towards the Boston Purple Sox and was taken off the Fenway Park discipline on a stretcher.

The staff mentioned he had “left decrease leg discomfort,” and supervisor Dusty Baker mentioned Odorizzi would get an MRI. The pitcher was on crutches, in a boot and in good spirits after the sport, Baker mentioned.

“He’s most likely doing higher than it regarded like on the mound,” Baker mentioned.

Odorizzi, who entered the sport with a 15 2/3 inning shutout streak, appeared to twist his left leg awkwardly on the supply to Kiké Hernandez. When he turned to cowl first base, he took a step after which sprawled out, face down, on the grass.

He remained there after the out was recorded, and Astros employees rushed to are inclined to him. He was loaded onto a stretcher and wheeled off.

Odorizzi was 3-2 with a 3.13 ERA this season. Boston received the sport 6-3.

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