Astros’ Jose Altuve will get hit by pitch throughout World Baseball Classic: ‘It did not look good’

Houston Astros star Jose Altuve left Saturday evening’s World Baseball Classic sport after he took a pitch to the hand and the crew fears he presumably broke his thumb.

Altuve, who was enjoying for Venezuela, suffered the damage within the 9-7 loss to the United States. Daniel Bard threw the pitch that hit Altuve within the fifth inning. The sinker was clocked at 95.9 mph.

“The Astros will present an replace tomorrow after additional analysis,” the membership mentioned in an announcement.

Venezuela’s Jose Altuve is helped up by a coach after he was hit by a pitch throughout the fifth inning of a World Baseball Classic sport in opposition to the U.S., Saturday, March 18, 2023, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

A Houston athletic coach informed The Associated Press there was worry Altuve could have damaged his proper thumb. Altuve informed reporters in Spanish after the sport, “All is nice.”

“It did not look good,” Venezuela supervisor Omar Lopez mentioned. “It took 10 seconds for Tomas Vera, my coach, to get him out of the sport. I mentioned, `Oh, my God.’ We’ll see what occurs. I began to hope immediately for Jose, for the complete crew. That was our momentum proper right here once we took the lead. And in some unspecified time in the future, the entire dugout form of died, like quiet, and we form of pushed everyone to rise up and transfer on.”

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Venezuela’s Jose Altuve is hit by a pitch throughout the fifth inning of a World Baseball Classic sport in opposition to the U.S., Saturday, March 18, 2023, in Miami.  (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Lopez is the Astros’ first base coach.

Altuve’s teammate Ryan Pressly, a pitcher for the U.S. crew, mentioned he was nervous for the star second baseman.

“I’m fairly involved about Jose,” Pressly mentioned. “He’s an enormous a part of our lineup in Houston. Just on high of that, he’s an unbelievable teammate.”

Altuve’s damage got here after New York Mets nearer Edwin Diaz suffered a devastating knee damage that might value him the season. Diaz was celebrating a victory.

Puerto Rico pitcher Edwin Diaz will get taken off the sector after an obvious leg damage throughout the crew celebration in opposition to Dominican Republic at LoanDepot Park. ( Sam Navarro-USA Today Sports)

“We know he has bother with command, and the very first thing that we mentioned, simply be affected person on the plate. But I by no means thought that he was going to give you a pitch inside, up and in, to Jose in that scenario,” Lopez added. “Unfortunately, Jose wasn’t capable of form of acknowledge proper means.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.