“You knew something was pretty seriously wrong pretty quickly,” Cubs manager Craig Counsell said.
Cubs trainers eventually lifted Amaya onto a waiting cart and he was driven off while holding a towel over his face. Counsell said X-rays did not reveal a fracture.
“It’s swollen up pretty good already,” Counsell said about Amaya’s ankle after the Cubs beat Toronto 4-1. “It’s an IL. It’s bad luck, unfortunately, and we’re going to miss him.”
The 26-year-old Amaya was reinstated from the injury list Tuesday after being sidelined since May 25 because of a left oblique strain. He hit .280 with four homers and 25 RBIs in 27 games prior to the injury.
“I hate to see what happened to him,” rookie right-hander Cade Horton said of Amaya. “Prayers to him. He’s a special player, a great teammate.”
Reese McGuire came on to run for the Cubs.
Besides McGuire, the Cubs also have catcher Carson Kelly on the 26-man roster.
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