Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez left Wednesday's game at the San Diego Padres in the sixth inning. Luis Torrens replaced him behind the dish in the frame's bottom half.
Alvarez took a ball off the mask with an out and runner on first base in the bottom of the fifth inning but cleared concussion protocol, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza after New York's 5-0 loss.
"Right now, it's a contusion — head contusion," Mendoza said. "We put him through the concussion protocols and he passed those. The doctor checked him out. So, yeah, he went through all the tests and all that. He passed those, so he's allowed to fly back with us and we're going to treat it day by day. He was a little dizzy, obviously. But, so, again, passed the protocols and, as of right now, that's what we've got."
Francisco Alvarez has left the game in the 6th inning.
Alvarez took a ball to the mask in the fifth inning. pic.twitter.com/9Z5i9qrEaw
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An injury delay ensued after Alvarez took the ball off the mask. He finished the inning before Torrens entered in the top of the sixth.
Alvarez, who batted sixth in the Mets' order, was 0-for-2 with two strikeouts.
He is slashing .243/.335/.375 with four home runs and 13 RBI through 42 games this season.
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