San Francisco Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford was forced to exit Monday’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers after a frightening collison.
Crawford was attempting to track down a fly ball in the bottom of the fourth inning when he ran into left fielder Gorkys Hernandez. Here is video of the play, where Crawford’s head appeared to collide with Hernandez’s knee:
Brandon Crawford collides with Dorkys Hernandez #Dodgers Vs #Giants pic.twitter.com/CDKxeshQwP
— G (@Dodgersxyz) August 14, 2018
After getting checked out by trainers, Crawford stayed in the game long enough to bat in the top of the fifth, flying out to left. He wound up exiting before the bottom of the inning though and was replaced by Alen Hanson.
Crawford is out of the game. Alen Hanson is the new shortstop.
— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) August 14, 2018
Crawford, 31, is hitting a career-high .276 this season to go along with 11 home runs and credited an unlikely source for his improved performance. With the 59-60 Giants losing ground in the NL West but not completely out of it yet, the hope here is that their All-Star shortstop was able to avoid serious injury.
