PITTSBURGH — Pirates reliever Hunter Stratton was carted off within the fourth inning of Saturday evening’s 10-2 loss to Cincinnati with a left leg damage suffered whereas attempting to chase down the ball behind house plate.
After the sport, the workforce introduced that the veteran had sustained a knee patella tendon rupture and that he was “getting imaging to find out the severity of the damage.”
Stratton was pitching to Tyler Stephenson with two on and one out when he uncorked a wild pitch. Pirates catcher Joey Bart tracked it down and flipped it to Stratton, who missed it.
The ball rolled to the backstop and Stratton slid whereas attempting to retrieve it. He fell awkwardly to the bottom clutching his left leg.
Stratton had simply entered the sport for an ineffective Jake Woodford. He was forward within the rely 0-2 earlier than the wild pitch allowed Jonathan India and Elly De La Cruz to attain to push Cincinnati’s result in 8-2.
Stratton was changed by Jalen Beeks.
The 27-year-old Stratton has been stable out of the bullpen this season, going 2-1 with a 3.58 ERA in 35 appearances on the time of the damage.
The Related Press contributed to this report.