In the fifth inning, Delgado lined up to field a single, but the ball bounced off the second-base bag, causing Delgado to go for it with his right hand.
“I thought the ball was gonna go to my glove and then it hit the bag, it took a little misdirection to the right,” Delgado said. “In that moment, you can’t really calculate those types of things, you just throw your hand out, hoping that you’re stopping the ground ball, at least.”
Delgado could not make the play, and the Twins scored two runs on the single. After the play, he looked down at his right hand and was seen by an Astros trainer. He then left the field covering his hand in a towel.
After the game, Astros manager Joe Espada said Delgado dislocated his right pinky, but X-rays showed there was no fracture in the hand.
Allen and Delgado are expected to see time at shortstop to cover for Peña, who will miss a minimum 10 days.
Delgado and Espada did not comment on whether he would play in Friday’s series against the Tampa Bay Rays at Daikin Park, but Espada said Delgado was holding a bat after the game.
“I walked in and he had a bat in his hand and I’m like ‘Dude, what is going on?’” Espada said. “(Delgado said), ‘It’s pain tolerated, that’s what they told me.’ Pretty tough kid, so we will see how he feels Friday.”
“I have no idea how long it’ll keep me out, but I was holding a bat,” Delgado said. “I wasn’t really able to squeeze it all the way, but I mean (I was) holding a bat.”