Ellsbury leaves game with concussion after banging wall
Posted May 24, 2017 7:00 am
NEW YORK (AP) - Yankees center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury left Wednesday night's game against Kansas City with a concussion and sprained neck after banging his head into the center-field wall while catching Alcides Escobar's fly ball on Luis Severino's opening pitch.
Ellsbury was down for an extended period and was checked by a New York trainer. He remained in center for the rest of the first inning, did not come to bat in the bottom half and was replaced by Aaron Hicks starting the second.
New York Yankees left fielder Brett Gardner (11) checks on New York Yankees center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury after Ellsbury collided with the outfield wall fielding Alcides Escobar's first-inning, flyout in a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Wednesday, May 24, 2017. Ellsbury left the game shortly after the collision. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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New York Yankees left fielder Brett Gardner, center, signals to teammates after Yankees' center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury, left, collided with the outfield wall fielding Alcides Escobar's first-inning, fly out during a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals at Yankee Stadium in New York, Wednesday, May 24, 2017. Right fielder Aaron Judge joins the outfielders walking with Ellsbury. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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