Mitch Garver twins diagnosed with a sprained ankle

Twins Catcher Mitch Garver The team told the press that she had left tonight's game after a game against the plate and was suffering from a high ankle sprain.Twitter link via Dan Hayes of The Athletic). It will be evaluated further tomorrow.

Garver was injured in what eventually turned out to be a game save game in the eighth inning. Byron Buxton chased Shohei Ohtani to finish the match in 4-3, but Ohtani slipped into Garver's planted leg. Garver had to be helped out of the field and could not weigh on his left leg (video link).

Although Garver is not a known name, any significant injury to the 28-year-old would be a significant loss to the Twins. He had a blistering start to the season in 2019 with a .329 / .418 / .747 sequence with nine long balls – including a two-point shot that made the difference tonight – in his first 91 appearances on the plate. . Combined with field player / receiver Willians Astudillo (.290 / .303 / .484) and a resurgence Jason Castro (.245 / .362 / .612), Garver helped form an extremely productive trio of capture options for the top-ranked Twins.

The presence of both Castro and Astudillo on the lineup indicates that the Twins would not need to use a catcher in the likely case that Garver would need a relay on the injured list . Anyway, Minnesota has no more regular catchers, so it seems likely that it continues with the Astudillo / Castro pair, perhaps with Astudillo playing a slightly more conventional role in a two-catcher setup.