The Cleveland Guardians misplaced the center of their lineup within the third inning of Friday’s sport towards the Toronto Blue Jays.

Third baseman José Ramírez was pressured to exit the competition after awkwardly tripping over first base whereas legging out an infield single. The 32-year-old hit a dribbler out in entrance of house plate, which was fielded by Blue Jays starter Chris Bassitt. The following throw hit Ramírez on the again as he lunged for the bag.

Ramírez instantly went down and was tended to by Cleveland’s coaching workers earlier than strolling off underneath his personal energy.

There was no rapid replace on his standing.

The hit was Ramírez’s second of the sport.

He entered Friday with 5 house runs, a .753 OPS and 7 stolen bases over the primary 30 video games of the yr.

On Thursday, the six-time all-star grew to become the primary third baseman to ever attain 250 profession homers and stolen bases.