CLEVELAND, Ohio — Gabriel Arias left Sunday’s series finale between the Guardians and Cardinals in the third inning after suffering a lower leg injury on a ground ball single by Masyn Winn.
Arias slid to a stop in shallow left field trying to field the grounder off Winn’s bat with one out. As the ball ticked off his glove, Arias rolled over and grabbed for his left ankle. Replay showed Arias’ cleat getting caught in the turf as his leg bent back awkwardly.
Arias, 25, laid on the turf in obvious pain as manager Stephen Vogt and Guardians trainers rushed to his side. After several moments, a cart was brought out on to the field to take the Cleveland shortstop for further testing.
Daniel Schneemann replaced Arias in the Guardians lineup.
After battling to make the Guardians opening day roster as the starting second baseman, Arias quickly supplanted Brayan Rocchio as the club’s everyday shortstop, putting together a career season at the plate with a .232 batting average, six home runs and 31 RBI in 76 games.
In Saturday’s 9-6 loss to the Cardinals, Arias blasted a two-run home run into the bleachers in left field during Cleveland’s six-run fourth inning.
Since taking over as the everyday shortstop in early May, Arias hit .187 with a .257 on-base percentage while slugging .302. He struck out 55 times in 139 at-bats with 10 walks and nine runs scored.
Manager Stephen Vogt told Andre Knott on the Roku Channel broadcast of Sunday’s game that the team did not immediately know the severity of the injury.
“Its the worst part of this game,” Vogt said. “You never want to see anybody get hurt. ”
In 41 games since being demoted to Triple-A, Rocchio is hitting .252 with seven home runs, 30 RBI and an .837 OPS.
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