SEATTLE — Toronto\u2019s George Springer, one of the most prolific hitters in postseason history, left Friday\u2019s Game 5 of the American League Championship Series after getting hit by a pitch on his right kneecap in the top of the seventh inning.<\/p>\n
Springer, the designated hitter for the Blue Jays, sprawled on the dirt for a couple of minutes after Seattle Mariners right-hander Bryan Woo hit him with a 1-1 sinker that kept riding in and hit Springer.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s got a right knee contusion. He had X-rays, which were negative, which is a good thing,\u201d Blue Jays manager John Schneider said after his team\u2019s 6-2 loss. \u201cGeorge is about as tough as they come. I think he\u2019ll have to really, really be hurting to not be in the lineup on Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n
Springer, who has been heartily booed all series by Mariners fans, was booed again as he limped to first base, where Joey Loperfido replaced him as the pinch runner.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the fans that were booing him should take a look in the mirror and understand what kind of player he is,\u201d Schneider said. \u201cAnd — I\u2019ll stop there, because when a guy gets hit in the knee and is in obvious pain and you have 40,000 people cheering, not the right thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Earlier in the game, Springer hit a score-tying RBI double off Matt Brash, his 42nd career extra-base hit in the postseason, breaking a tie with David Ortiz for fifth most all time.<\/p>\n
It was his sixth consecutive game with an extra-base hit in the playoffs, one away from tying the record shared by Bryce Harper (2022), Carlos Beltran (2004) and Devon White (1993).<\/p>\n
The Blue Jays trail the Mariners 3-2 in the best-of-seven series. Game 6 is Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SEATTLE — Toronto\u2019s George Springer, one of the most prolific hitters in postseason history, left Friday\u2019s Game 5…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,106313,462,82,75156],"class_list":["post-221218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-george-springer-sports-baseball-player-player-statscom-526414","tag-mlb","tag-sports","tag-toronto-blue-jays-sports-baseball-team-team-statscom-238"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}