Oakland Athletics Jesus Luzardo OUT After Suffering Videogame Injury!
This is NOT what the Oakland Athletics need from their starting pitcher Jesus Luzardo who was placed on the injured list on Sunday. Read on…
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CelebnSports247.com reports that the Athletics starting pitcher Jesus Luzardo suffered a left-hand fracture.
Now, the left-hander is out indefinitely after breaking the pinkie on his pitching hand when he thumped a table while playing a video game before his start Saturday.
Jesus Luzardo will go down in the MLB books as one of the top-10 of dumbest sports injuries of all time.
An X-ray after an 8-4 loss to the Baltimore Orioles showed a hairline fracture and he was promptly placed on the 10-day injured list.
Oakland Manager Melvin said:
Before the game, he was playing a video game and accidentally bumped his hand on the desk as he was playing the game. He came in, was a little bit sore, training staff checked him out. We threw him in the cage before he went out there, watched him warm up. He was comfortable pitching, the training staff was comfortable with him pitching. After the game, we got an X-ray and there was a hairline in the pinkie finger.
Luzardo pitched three innings and took the loss against the Orioles, allowing six runs — three earned — on five hits.
He is 1-3 with a 5.79 ERA over six starts this season.
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