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At 5:54 p.m. CST, the Angels tweeted Lucroy was
being transported to a hospital for a CT scan and will be
evaluated for a nose fracture and possible concussion.
The play occurred with the bases loaded and one out and the game
tied at 10. George Springer hit a fly ball down the right-field
line. As the Angels right fielder Kole Calhoun caught the ball,
Marisnick tagged up from third.
Calhoun's throw was slightly up the third-base line, forcing
Lucroy to move towards an incoming Marisnick. Marisnick was
running on the inside of the foul line and rammed into Lucroy.
The two banged heads, and Lucroy's mask flew off his head on
impact as he fell on his back.
Marisnick touched home plate and then checked on Lucroy, and was
soon joined by some of Lucroy's teammates.
Marisnick was ruled out on the play, and the call was upheld
following a review after the Astros challenged. Rule 7.13 of the
MLB Rulebook states that "a runner attempting to score may not
deviate from his direct pathway to the plate to initiate contact
with the catcher."
"Through my eyes I thought the play was going to end up on the
outside of the plate," Marisnick tweeted after the game. "I made
a split second decision at full speed to slide head first on the
inside part of the plate. That decision got another player hurt
and I feel awful. I hope nothing but the best for @JLucroy20."
Angels manager Brad Ausmus told reporters after the game he
thinks the league should look into a possible suspension for
Marisnick.
"It certainly didn't look like a clean play," Ausmus said. "I
don't know what actually happened, but it looked like Marisnick
took a step to the left and bowled into him with his arm up. The
call was right. Really, I think Major League Baseball should
probably take a look at it. Consider some type of suspension,
quite frankly."
St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina -- a nine-time
All-Star who often faced Lucroy when the latter was with
Milwaukee -- took notice of the play and responded with a
profanity-laced message on Instagram against Marisnick, also
suggesting he deserves punishment.
"(Expletive)!!!" Molina wrote. "MLB need to take action on this
(expletive) play! (Expletive)! Praying for Lucroy! slide slide
slide (expletive) !!! (Expletive) u if u think this is Ok ..
(expletive) u!!!!"
Astros manager AJ Hinch called the collision "unfortunate," but
said he didn't think there was any malice involved.
"I really hope he's OK," Hinch said of Lucroy. "That was an ugly
play, and I never like to see any athlete get carted off the
field. It was an unfortunate play.
"... I don't fault Jake -- he wasn't going after him. He tried
to take a step (from) where Lucroy was going to go. It's
difficult in that little 1- to 3-foot circle where you're trying
to figure out going at full speed what's going to happen."
Lucroy, 33, is hitting .237 with a .671 OPS in 73 games this
season.
--Field Level Media
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