After sustaining a left ankle injury on a non-contact play in the third inning of Thursday night’s game against Atlanta, right-hander Griffin Canning of the New York Mets left the game.
Before getting hurt while breaking toward the left side of the infield on Nick Allen’s one-out grounder to shortstop, Canning had already struck out three and given up just one baserunner, Eli White’s single to start the inning.
Canning, 29, started hopping on his right leg right away and only took a few steps before lowering his left leg onto the field. Before Francisco Lindor initially threw Allen out, catcher Luis Torrens motioned for time and help.
As trainers attended to him, Canning put his hands over his face. Canning hobbled off the field with his arms wrapped around his trainers after a few minutes. White was left stranded at second after Austin Warren retired Acuña on a pop-out and replaced Canning.
Canning’s injury is the most recent setback for the Mets’ suddenly thin pitching staff. He is 7-3 with a 3.77 ERA in 16 starts this season.
When Ace Kodai Senga reached for a Pete Alonso throw on June 12, he strained his right hamstring, putting him on the injured list. After making his most recent rehab appearance for Triple-A Syracuse last Friday, left-hander Sean Manaea—who seemed to be getting close to recovering from an oblique injury sustained during spring training—was diagnosed with a bone chip in his elbow.
