Reds closer Emilio Pagan carded off with hamstring injury

CHICAGO — Cincinnati Reds closer Emilio Pagan will probably be placed on the injured checklist after leaving Tuesday’s recreation towards the Chicago Cubs due to a left hamstring injury.

Pagan, 34, will bear further assessments Wednesday to find out the severity of the injury.

“He’s going to get scanned in the morning,” supervisor Terry Francona mentioned after the staff’s 3-2 loss in 10 innings. “We just have to see the extent of how bad he did it. You could see by his reaction he was struggling.”

Pagan fell to the bottom after throwing the primary pitch of the ninth inning, instantly grabbing the again of his left leg. He stayed on the grass close to the mound for a number of minutes earlier than being carded off. Right-hander Jose Franco took his place, strolling two hitters earlier than getting out of the inning.

The Reds misplaced the sport one inning later, their fifth consecutive defeat.

Afterward, all ideas have been with Pagan, who has struggled this season. He has six saves to go alongside with a 6.43 ERA after he obtained walked off Monday when he gave up the tying, then successful, working within the ninth.

“He’s a big piece of this,” catcher Jose Trevino he mentioned. “It didn’t look good. It’s tough, but we’ll be resilient about it.”

Cubs supervisor Craig Counsell added: “You never feel good about that for a player. That’s a bad feeling for everybody.”

The Cubs scored single runs within the seventh, eighth and tenth innings to grab their thirteenth consecutive win at house. It was their second walk-off in a row, the primary time that has occurred in precisely 5 years — May 4 and 5, 2021.

Meanwhile, the Reds have misplaced three consecutive one-run video games after beginning the season 7-0 in one-run affairs.

“Things are going to happen,” Trevino mentioned. “Baseball is unpredictable. Things like this are going to happen to our team. It’s up to our team to keep playing.”