SAN DIEGO — Shortstop Nico Hoerner left the Cubs’ 7-5 win against the Padres early with a right ankle sprain, the team announced. The Cubs will be able to determine the severity of the sprain when the swelling goes down.
Padres two-hole hitter Jurickson Profar hit a triple off the center field wall, and Hoerner and second base umpire Dan Iassogna appeared to be watching the long fly ball travel when they ran into each other in shallow right center field.
Cubs manager David Ross said he’d never seen a play like that before.
“I think some of that is just the new-age shifts,” he continued.