Escobar is hitting .321 with five home runs in 84 games this season. He wears a pad on his hand as protection after being hit on it a handful of times this season. Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
PITTSBURGH — Washington Nationals third baseman Yunel Escobar got good medical news Thursday, just not good enough to get back into the lineup.
Escobar underwent a CT scan on his left wrist and hand and no damage was found. However, he sat out Thursday night’s 7-3 loss at Pittsburgh and may be limited to being a late-inning defensive replacement or pinch runner for a least a few days.
In Wednesday’s win over the visiting New York Mets, Escobar left in the second inning when he hurt his wrist and hand on a check swing and couldn’t grip the bat well on the next pitch, which he fouled off.
Escobar is hitting .321 with five home runs in 84 games this season. He wears a pad on his hand as protection after being hit on it a handful of times this season.
“A lot of guys have done it, where you’re full go to the pitch and you’re trying to check it,” Williams said of how Escboar was injured. “It’s a two-pound weight in your hand and you’re swinging as hard as you can. Sometimes it can tweak something in there and you can feel it.”
Second baseman Danny Espinosa shifted to third base for Thursday’s game and went 1-for-4. Dan Uggla started at second base and was 0-for-4 with three strikeouts.
