June 27 (UPI) -- The New York Mets fear that right-handed pitcher Griffin Canning injured the Achilles tendon in his left leg during a win over the Atlanta Braves, manager Carlos Mendoza told reporters.
Canning went down in the third inning of the 4-0 victory Thursday in Flushing, N.Y. He did not return.
"We think it's an Achilles," Mendoza said at his postgame news conference. "He's getting an MRI. We're waiting for the result, but it looks like an Achilles injury. It sucks. You hate to see it, especially the way [Canning] went down right away. .