Luis Garcia was forced to leave Game 1 of the American League Championship Series early for the Astros, Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle reports. Garcia had to leave the game due to an injury, but the exact nature is unknown at this time. Garcia wouldn’t have been long for the game even if he had stayed healthy as he had given up four runs, on two hits, and three hits with three strikeouts before coming out of the game. Garcia was charged with five runs overall.
While any injury is certainly not good news, this one hurts as the Astros have already lost Lance McCullers for this series due to a forearm injury.