Yankees third baseman Oswaldo Cabrera was taken off the sector in an ambulance after he injured his left ankle within the ninth inning of New York’s 11-5 victory over Seattle on Monday evening.
Cabrera was damage on an ungainly slide when he reached again for the plate and scored the Yankees’ remaining run on Aaron Decide’s sacrifice fly.
Supervisor Aaron Boone stated Cabrera had a brace placed on his left ankle earlier than coming into the ambulance on a stretcher. Cabrera was taked to a hospital with staff athletic coach Tim Lentych.
“I think everyone understands it was a pretty serious situation,” Boone stated. “So, just praying for our guy (Cabrera) tonight and hoping for the best. Trust that he’s in good hands as he goes through the night here.”
Cabrera, a 26-year-old native of Venezuela writhed on the bottom and stayed down for a number of minutes whereas being attended to by numerous medical personnel.
“Right before he got carted off, he just called me over and said, ‘Hey, did I score?’” Decide stated. “So, just kind of shows you what type of guy he is. Something like that happens and the one thing on his mind for all the pain and everything is, ‘Did I score?’”
Cabrera is in his fourth MLB season and has turn into an everyday within the Yankees’ lineup. He’s hitting .243 this season with one residence run and 12 RBIs.
“He cares for everybody in this room. He loves being a Yankee,” Decide stated. “He wears his jersey with pride. This is a tough one, especially a guy that’s grinded his whole life and finally got an opportunity to be our everyday guy and been excelling at it.”
