New York Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez was forced to leave his rehab outing with Triple-A Syracuse on Wednesday night after being hit on the left hand in the top of the sixth inning against the Yankees' affiliate, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders.

Per SNY, he was hit on the pinky, but the extent of the injury is unknown at this time.

The 23-year-old was attempting to make his way back from a sprained UCL ligament in his right thumb, which he suffered on Aug. 17 against the Seattle Mariners. He was placed on the 10-day IL two days later.

Alvarez has been ahead of schedule over the last week. He started taking batting practice and throwing on Sunday and on Tuesday, said that he was not feeling any pain while doing it.

Following a difficult start to the season, which prompted his dem

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