Center field was a dangerous spot for the Seattle Mariners on Thursday.
Seattle center fielder Julio Rodriguez left the team’s game against the visiting Los Angeles Angels after getting hit in the head by an errant throw.
Victor Robles, who replaced Rodriguez, didn’t take the field in the fifth inning after being hit in the right wrist/forearm area by a 97.9 mph pitch from the Angels’ Walbert Urena.
Robles was plunked with two outs in the bottom of the third. He stayed in the game for another inning before Luke Raley moved from right field to center to replace him. Weston Wilson entered the game to play right.
Rodriguez walked with one out in the bottom of the first inning before Dominic Canzone hit a grounder to first base. The Angels’ Nolan Schanuel tried to throw to second base to start an inning-ending double play, but the ball hit Rodriguez in the back of the batting helmet just as he started his slide.
The ball ricocheted into center field, and Rodriguez pumped his fist and yelled toward his teammates in the dugout before bending over with his hands on his knees.
Mariners trainer Kyle Torgerson and manager Dan Wilson came onto the field and chatted with Rodriguez and third base coach Carlos Cardoza for a couple of minutes before Rodriguez stayed in the game.
Rodriguez returned to center field in the top of the second but was seen talking with Torgerson again while sitting on the bench in the bottom of the inning and left with the trainer and headed for the clubhouse.
Robles replaced Rodriguez in center when the Mariners took the field in the third.
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