Ramon Martinez, who got the start at shortstop, had to leave the game after sliding into home plate in the fourth inning.
As I was watching, I saw Martinez look at his hand after he slid home, scoring the Mets first run. As he walked to the Mets dugout, his left pinky was sticking out the side of his hand.
Martinez stumbled into home and his hand hit the dirt awkwardly. My guess: He dislocated it. The finger was sticking out sideways on his left hand. That looked like a dislocation to me and hopefully isn’t broken.
Update – 8:44 p.m.: Confirmed as a dislocated left pinky.
He was replaced in the game by Wilson Valdez.
With Carlos Beltran out of uniform, the Mets now only have recently-activated Alex Cora, Daniel Murphy and Brian Schneider on the bench. Talk about playing short.
Also, with Jose Reyes expected back Friday, what do the Mets do here? If they put Martinez on the DL, they’ll have to call someone up for two days or play very short on the bench.
