Kyle Schwarber left Friday night’s game after pulling up lame around first base after a single in the second. Schwarber stumbled as he approached first base, turned toward second, but abruptly stopped and grabbed the back of his right leg, the universal signal for a hamstring tweak.
His manager, Davey Martinez, didn’t give the red-hot, 28-year-old outfielder, who hit 16 HRs in his last 22 games (with a .325/.404/.938 line in 94 PAs over that stretch) any option, as he immediately told him he was coming out of the game.
“When you see a guy grab his leg like that,” Martinez explained, “.