According to James Schmehl of Mlive.com, Tigers catcher Alex Avila has been nursing a minor knee injury throughout the postseason. This injury was re-aggravated Tuesday night after Avila stepped on the foot of Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano when he was attempting to run out a bunt.
“Minor injuries happen to everybody,” Avila said. “Whether I was injured badly or not, I’m not really coming out of the game anyway, so it doesn’t matter.”
The injury isn’t expected to limit Avila’s playing time in any stretch.
Tigers manager Jim Leyland believes Avila’s injury occurred after repeated block attempts behind the plate. Avila made a string of 18 consecutive starts at catcher which is the most out of any catcher in the MLB.
“His patella has been sore, but that’s all,” Leyland said. “He’s fine. It’s nothing a double and a single and two RBIs wouldn’t heal up real quick.”
Ref: Mlive.com, Mlive.com (image)
