LOS ANGELES (AP) — Colorado left fielder Jurickson Profar the Rockies' game against Los Angeles on Sunday with a twisted left knee after he ran into the wall while making an inning-ending catch.
Profar made an impressive play on Mookie Betts' sharp liner to end the Dodgers' second inning, but he also ran hard into the long section of the left field wall with a mesh cover over a video board at Dodger Stadium.
Profar was down on the warning track for at least two minutes before he was helped up by the medical staff and escorted to the Rockies' nearby bullpen. He needed help to walk, and the Rockies confirmed two innings later that Profar had injured his left knee.
Profar will be reevaluated after the Rockies return home Sunday night.
Profar's play might have saved two runs for Colorado, which had already given up two runs in the second.
Profar isn’t the first visiting player to be injured by the Dodgers’ outfield while making a stellar catch this season: Yankees slugger Aaron Judge missed nearly seven weeks of the summer with a toe injury from his collision with the cement floor below the door to the Dodgers’ bullpen on June 3.
Cole Tucker pinch-hit for Profar in the third inning, delivering an RBI single. Tucker then took over in right field later in the inning with Nolan Jones moving to left, and Tucker made an error that allowed a Los Angeles run to score.
Profar dropped a deep fly by Freddie Freeman in the Rockies' loss to Los Angeles on Friday night, extending the Dodgers' four-run rally in the sixth.
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