Brett Baty is day-to-day with right groin tightness, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said after New York’s third baseman left with right groin tightness in the seventh inning of Sunday’s 9-0 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays.
“I was going for a foul ball that was flared towards the tarp and I kind of, like, stepped over with my left — kind of backwards — and I just felt just a little tightness in my right groin,” Baty said.
Ronny Mauricio replaced the seventh-batting Baty with a pinch-hit single to lead off the bottom of the seventh inning.
The Mets have Monday off before a three-game series at the Atlanta Braves starts with Tuesday’s 7:15 p.m. opener on SNY.
“We’re not doing any X-rays or MRI as of right now,” Mendoza said. “… We’ll see where we’re at Tuesday, but that’s what I’ve got so far.”
Baty’s 0-for-2 performance followed a 1-for-4 effort in Saturday’s 8-4 loss to the Rays, which included his third-inning home run.
“I want to see how it feels (Monday) first,” he said. “I think what we’re going to do is just take it day by day because something like this has happened to me in the past, and I responded well to treatment and stuff, so we’re just going to see how it feels (Monday).”
The previous instance was two years ago, Baty said, while “trying to steal a base.”
“It was actually my other side, but it was a similar motion — stepping over and pushing off,” Baty said. “… And I responded well to treatment, so we’ll see how it feels (Monday).”
Through 54 games this season, Baty is slashing .219/.267/.419 with eight home runs and 24 RBI.
“It feels numb because I’ve been icing it,” Baty said. “But like I said, we’re just going to see how it feels (Monday) — take it day by day.”
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