Blue Jays star Vlad Guerrero Jr. leaves loss to Pirates early with hamstring injury, considered day-to-day
Guerrero was pulled from the game after the sixth inning with what the team called left hamstring tightness. Guerrero had been openly complaining about his hamstring throughout the night at PNC Park, too.
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After a base hit in the bottom of the first inning, Guerrero was spotted pointing at his hamstring and saying, "malo" toward someone in the dugout. That translates to "bad" in English.
Guerrero remained in the game after that, and made a wild play at first where he did the splits to make a catch and complete the out, which couldn't have helped any. He popped right back up after that play and jogged off the field.
Guerrero had an RBI in his two at-bats of the night before he was pulled from the game. Guerrero underwent an MRI on Tuesday, which revealed only left hamstring inflammation. He's now being considered day-to-day, and appears to have avoided significant injury.
Though the score was tied when Guerrero left the game, the Pirates pushed ahead down the stretch after both Henry Davis and Jared Triolo scored on throwing errors. Davis hit a sacrifice fly in the eighth to bring in Alexander Canario, too. That sent them to the three-run win, which moved them to 53-73 on the season.
The Blue Jays now sit at 73-53 after the loss, which was their second straight. They now trail the Detroit Tigers by just half of a game in the American League standings, but they still have a significant lead over the Boston Red Sox in the AL East race. Monday's contest was the first of a three-game series with the Pirates in Pennsylvania.
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