Chicago Cubs catcher Miguel Amaya had to be carted off the field in Toronto on Wednesday night after he went down with a brutal fall trying to make it to first base.
Amaya hit a short ground ball in the eighth inning of their 4-1 win over the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre on Wednesday night and took off toward first. Amaya actually beat the throw to first and was called safe in the moment, but he appeared to trip over the bag and went flying into the dirt.
He immediately curled up into a ball and remained on the ground for quite some time, clearly in a lot of pain.
He was eventually carted off the field while holding a towel over his face, clearly extremely emotional. Further specifics of his injury are not yet known.
Amaya had just made it back to the field after a long stint on the injured list with an oblique strain. He had been there since May 25, but was reinstated officially on Tuesday. He entered Wednesday’s game holding a .280 batting average with four home runs and 25 RBIs this season. He had one hit in three at-bats on Wednesday night, which marked his first game back.
Though they lost Amaya, the Cubs held on to grab the three-run win on Wednesday. Cubs rookie pitcher Cade Horton carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning, too. That gave him 29 consecutive shutout innings, which gave him the longest streak of the season. The Blue Jays spoiled his no-hit bid in the sixth and scored, too, which ended that run.
The win snapped a two-game losing skid, but marked just their third win in eight outings. The Cubs hold a 68-57 record and sit in second in the NL Central, but trail the Milwaukee Brewers — who won their 12th straight earlier on Wednesday — in the division.
The Cubs and Blue Jays will wrap their three-game series on Thursday afternoon in Toronto. The Cubs will then return home for a three-game series with the Pittsburgh Pirates before a five-game run with the Brewers at Wrigley Field, where they can really make a dent in the NL Central deficit.
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