TORONTO (AP) — One day after returning from a lengthy absence, Chicago Cubs catcher Miguel Amaya is headed right back to the injured list after spraining his left ankle stepping on first base Wednesday night against Toronto.

Amaya was carted off the field after the injury that happened when his foot landed awkwardly at the front of the base as he beat out an infield single in the eighth inning. Amaya twisted in the air after the impact and landed on his back in pain.

“You knew something was pretty seriously wrong pretty quickly,” Cubs manager Craig Counsell said.

Cubs trainers eventually lifted Amaya onto a waiting cart and he was driven off while holding a towel over his face. Counsell said X-rays did not reveal a fracture.

“It’s swollen up pretty good already,” Counsell said about Am

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