Keibert Ruiz took a foul ball off of the unmentionables in the second inning of yesterday’s game, and the 24-year-old catcher was in obvious pain, but he stayed in the game, and he lasted until the bottom of the sixth.
Ruiz was replaced by backup Riley Adams before the home-half of the inning, and after the game, an 11-6 win for Washington, Nationals’ skipper Davey Martinez told reporters the bad news.
“He’s at the hospital right now. He’s getting checked on, we’re still waiting to hear. So we’ll know hopefully something here fairly soon,” the manager said.