Francisco Alvarez exits in 6th with apparent right leg injury

francisco alvarez left Tuesday night’s game against the Detroit Tigers in the bottom of the sixth inning after an apparent injury to his right leg. He had already stayed in the game after seeming to bother the leg earlier, then walked off after a brief meeting with trainers.

Alvarez Leaves Against Detroit

Alvarez appeared to hurt himself while swinging at a pitch from Detroit reliever Burch Smith. After fouling the pitch back and out of play, he called for the trainers and exited with the count at 2-2. Luis Torrens came in as a pinch-hitter and worked a walk.

The Mets catcher had looked uneasy earlier in the night, too. In the second inning, he beat out a double play for an RBI fielder’s choice and took a heavy step on first base before briefly looking down at the area, but he stayed in the game.

Second Inning Hint

That sequence mattered because it came before the sixth-inning exit. Alvarez doubled in his second at-bat and scored on Carson Benge’s go-ahead single in the fourth inning, so the injury interruption came after he had already helped shape the game’s middle innings.

He entered Tuesday batting.236 with a.696 OPS, four home runs and nine RBI. A seven-game hitting streak that lasted through Sunday had already been snapped, and the Mets now have to see whether the leg issue carries into the rest of his week.

Mets Catcher’s Night

The one name that matters most is Alvarez. He was still in the lineup long enough to log a double, score a run and get through a second-inning scare before the later swing against Smith sent him out of the game, which is the part that will draw the most attention from the Mets after Tuesday night.