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Anthony Rizzo exits after getting hit in the hand in a potential Yankees scare

Anthony Rizzo exits after getting hit in the hand in a potential Yankees scare

Anthony Rizzo is no stranger to being hit by bad luck, which is why he winced in pain and ultimately worried about leaving Saturday’s game.

In the penultimate game before the start of the playoffs, the Yankees’ first baseman was drilled with a slider on his right hand in the bottom of the seventh inning and was replaced in the top of the eighth inning.


Anthony Rizzo was hit in the hand in Saturday’s Yankees game.

New York Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo (48) reacts after being hit by a pitch in the seventh inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Yankee Stadium.
New York Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo (48) reacts after being hit
a pitch during the seventh inning on Saturday. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con

After taking the pitch from left-hander Ryan Borucki with a flush on the hand, Rizzo was immediately in pain as he took a big leap out of the box and spun around before taking first base.

Manager Aaron Boone and a trainer paid him a visit there, but he stayed there for a moment to find a squad at second base.

Then, in the bottom of the eighth, Oswaldo Cabrera moved from shortstop to first base to replace Rizzo, who was probably headed for an X-ray of his hand.

Rizzo missed this season two and a half months earlier because of a broken forearm after he fell while running into a pitcher at first base.