LOS ANGELES (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers leadoff hitter hopped off the field with cramping in his right hamstring during Game 3 of the National League Championship Series on Thursday.
The 21-year-old right fielder was batting against Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Blake Treinen in the seventh inning when he fouled off a pitch and couldn’t put any weight on his right leg.
“It was a cramp. Just a cramp there,” Chourio said through a translator. “So I think maybe I tried to pull the trigger a little bit too hard there and that’s maybe what caused it.”
He said he felt good after the game and believes he can play on Friday. The Brewers and face elimination in Game 4 of the best-of-seven series.
Chourio hopped off on his left leg and was replaced by Blake Perkins, who struck out swinging for the final out of the seventh with Milwaukee trailing 3-1.
“It sucks because I felt like I had the ability to do something for us there in the game,” Chourio said. “First time in my life that it’s happened to me and I hope it doesn’t happen again.”
Chourio exited the NL Division Series opener against the Chicago Cubs because of hamstring tightness. He missed a month during the regular season with an injury to the same hamstring.
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