Nelson Cruz shot a foul ball off of his left ankle in the Seattle Mariners’ win over the Oakland Athletics on Saturday night, and played despite it in Sunday’s series finale.
He even gave the Mariners a quick one-run lead with his first-inning, two-out RBI single up the middle to score Mitch Haniger from second base, though he was clearly hobbled.
“Nelly smoked a ball off his foot and he was really sore today,” Mariners manager Scott Servais told reporters after Sunday’s 8-2 loss to the A’s. “Nelly will grind through it, though. He’s probably one of the toughest guys we got.