HOUSTON (AP) — Astros All-Star left fielder Yordan Alvarez will undergo an MRI on Tuesday after he left Monday’s game against the Texas Rangers with a sprained left ankle.
“It did not look good out on the field,” Astros manager Joe Espada said after a 6-3 win over the Rangers.
Through a team spokesman, Alvarez declined to speak to reporters after the game until he knew more about the nature of his injury, but he was seen leaving the Astros clubhouse on a crutch and a boot on his left foot.
After scoring from first base on a throwing error by Rangers pitcher Jack Leiter on Carlos Correa’s infield single in the first inning, Alvarez was tended to by a trainer outside the Astros’ dugout and then helped down the steps. Zach Cole entered the game in right field in the second inning, with Jes