Toronto Blue Jays slugger George Springer suffered a concussion and shoulder sprain in a collision with teammate Bo Bichette during Game 2 of their AL wild-card series against the Seattle Mariners, general manager Ross Atkins announced.
Atkins said Springer was still in Toronto but anticipates he’ll be able to travel soon.
Springer was carted off the field in the eighth inning of Toronto’s dramatic 10-9 loss Saturday night as Seattle won the best-of-three American League wild-card series in two games.
The injury occurred when Springer was tracking down a potential fly ball from Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford as Bichette also raced out of the infield to catch the same hit. They clipped each other in shallow centre field, and the ball fell to the ground for a double, allowing the Mariners to tie the game 9-9.
