The Washington Nationals positioned Stone Garrett on the 10-day injured listing Thursday, in the future after power-hitting outfielder suffered a damaged leg whereas attempting to rob a house run.
Garrett suffered the harm in the course of the seventh inning of Wednesday’s loss to the Yankees when he made a leaping try on the proper subject wall to rob New York’s DJ LeMahieu.
The Nationals didn’t disclose how lengthy Garrett can be sidelined however introduced Thursday that he has a fractured left fibula.
In a corresponding transfer, Washington recalled infielder Jeter Downs from Triple-A Rochester forward of Thursday’s sequence finale at Yankee Stadium.
“You by no means need to see anyone get harm,” Nationals supervisor Dave Martinez mentioned Wednesday after Washington’s 9-1 loss. “When he went down like that, my coronary heart dropped. He was on the market wincing. He is fairly harm.”
Garrett leaped on the wall and appeared to catch a spike from his left cleat within the wall’s padding because the ball went over Yankee Stadium’s brief proper subject porch. He was inclined on his again for six minutes as trainers from each groups hooked up an air forged and his Nationals teammates gathered.
Garrett was helped to his toes and moved to a cart, then was taken off the sector to an ovation.
“I feel it is powerful,” mentioned Washington’s Lane Thomas, who moved over from middle subject to proper subject when Garrett exited. “Just a bit emotional for him. Seeing anyone that that occurs to is just not enjoyable both.”
Garrett, 27, is batting .269 with 9 house runs and 40 RBI in 89 video games this season, his first with the Nationals. He has been notably productive in opposition to left-handed pitchers, hitting seven homers with an .839 OPS in 122 at-bats in opposition to southpaws, and in addition was heating up of late with a .378 batting common over his final 11 video games.
“His at-bats have been good, however he is been taking part in protection very well,” Martinez mentioned. “It stinks for us as a result of he’s one in every of our on a regular basis gamers on the market who’s having a extremely good 12 months.”
Garrett made his minor league debut in 2014 and performed in Australia and Mexico earlier than making his main league debut with the Diamondbacks on Aug. 17 final 12 months. He hit .276 with 4 homers and 10 RBI in 27 video games for the Diamondbacks, elected to change into a free agent and signed with the Nationals.
Data from The Related Press was used on this report.
