Carlos Carrasco Hit On Pitching Hand By Line Drive; Exits Game

Indians starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco was drilled by a line drive off the bat of Ian Kinsler in Saturday afternoon’s game against the Detroit Tigers.

Carrasco threw only two pitches.

Carlos Carrasco will exit today's game after two pitches.

He was hit on his pitching hand by a Kinsler liner.

— Cleveland Indians (@Indians) September 17, 2016

It’s another bump in the road for Cleveland’s starting rotation, which has been dealing with a nagging injury to Danny Salazar for nearly two months and has received inconsistent productivity from Josh Tomlin and Trevor Bauer in recent weeks.

Update: Carrasco has been diagnosed with a non-displaced fracture of the 5th metacarpal on his right hand. (Bone below the pinky finger) No time table for his return.