Angels’ Jonathan Lucroy Leaves Game After Nasty Home-Plate Collision

A scary scene unfolded at Minute Maid Park during Sunday’s game between the Houston Astros and Los Angeles Angels.

Astros outfielder Jake Marisnick tried to tag from third base to score in the bottom of the eighth inning on a fly ball and collided hard with Angels catcher Jonathan Lucroy who was waiting for the throw.

Lucroy appeared to lose consciousness briefly after he was hit and remained on the ground for several minutes. Marisnick immediately went to check on the catcher after the contact.

Lucroy was carted off the field and taken to a local hospital to be evaluated for a concussion and nose fracture.

Marisnick told reporters after the game he misread the play, expecting the play to be on the other side of home plate and claimed he was going into a head-first slide to beat the tag. When Lucroy went the other way, it left Marisnick barreling into the backstop. Marisnick expressed his remorse for the play when talking to the press and also in a tweet Sunday night.