Atlanta Braves 3rd baseman Austin Riley used to be identified Monday with a fractured appropriate hand and can leave out the following 6-8 weeks, probably finishing his season.
Riley left Sunday’s highway sport towards the Los Angeles Angels when he used to be hit within the hand by means of a pitch from right-hander Jack Kochanowicz.
After preliminary scientific examinations have been inconclusive, Riley underwent an MRI on Monday after the staff returned to Atlanta.
The Braves are set to open a key three-game sequence towards the first-place Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday. Proper-hander Reynaldo Lopez will get started for Atlanta within the sequence opener after he used to be reinstated from the injured listing Monday following a bout with forearm irritation. Proper-hander Jimmy Herget used to be optioned to Triple-A Gwinnett.
The Braves are seven video games at the back of the Phillies within the Nationwide League East and in ownership of the general wild-card spot within the NL, two video games up at the New York Mets.
Riley, 27, is batting .256 with 19 house runs and 56 RBIs in 110 video games this season as he has rebounded from a sluggish get started when he had 3 house runs and 20 RBIs in his first 53 video games.
In six seasons with the Braves, Riley has batted .272 with 153 house runs and 429 RBIs in 719 video games. He’s a two-time All-Celebrity (2022, 2023) and completed within the most sensible seven of Nationwide League MVP vote casting in every of the former 3 seasons.
Atlanta has struggled with accidents all season. Outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. (knee) and right-hander Spencer Strider (elbow) are out for the yr. The Braves are with out 2d baseman Ozzie Albies (wrist) till September and also are lacking setup guy A.J. Minter (hip).
Lopez, 30, is 7-4 with a 2.06 ERA in 19 begins this season. Herget, 30, used to be 0-1 with a 4.38 ERA in 8 aid appearances.
–Box Stage Media
