{"id":172460,"date":"2025-09-21T19:46:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T19:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/172460\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T19:46:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T19:46:06","slug":"washington-nationals-of-daylen-lile-exits-with-knee-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/172460\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Nationals OF Daylen Lile exits with knee injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK — Washington Nationals<\/a> rookie outfielder Daylen Lile<\/a> exited the game against the New York Mets<\/a> with a left knee contusion Sunday after he tried to make a sliding catch of Cedric Mullins’ sinking liner.<\/p>\n

Lile initially appeared to be seriously hurt as he slid into the left-field wall in the third inning. The 22-year-old, who hit a two-run, inside-the-park homer in the 11th inning of the Nationals’ 5-3 win on Saturday, writhed in pain as Luis Torrens<\/a>, who was on second, ran home for what was initially called a sacrifice fly. Mullins, who lingered at first base, eventually tried running to second, where he was tagged out.<\/p>\n

Umpires then ruled Lile dropped the ball but overturned the out on Mullins because time had been called to tend to Lile.<\/p>\n

A wheelchair was brought on to the field, but Lile got up, waved off the assistance and walked to the Nationals dugout with a minimal limp. He was replaced by fellow rookie Robert Hassell III<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lile was 1-for-1 with a run scored Sunday. He is batting .290 with seven homers, 35 RBIs and 11 triples — tied for the third-most in the majors — in 86 games. He has seven triples in 20 games this month.<\/p>\n

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