Trayce Thompson said he felt “pretty lucky” that he only suffered a hyper-extended left elbow on an ugly-looking play in the ninth inning of an 8-7 victory over the Athletics on Monday night at U.S. Cellular Field.
Thompson was trying to make a diving catch in right field to start the ninth, but he rolled on his left arm at an awkward angle and had to leave the game. X-rays on the arm were negative, and he is considered day to day.
“I’ve seen those injuries happen before, especially when I was a kid playing football,” Thompson said. “I wasn’t too excited to kind of check it out once I stood up for a second. It could have been a lot worse. I’m pretty lucky.”
Thompson, who hit a two-run homer earlier in the game, said the elbow felt stiff but otherwise fine, and the Sox will re-evaluate it Tuesday.
“It looked a lot worse when he went down the way he was holding his arm,” Sox manager Robin Ventura said. “But hopefully he’ll be fine in the next couple of days.”
Thompson’s missed catch sparked the A’s to come back from a four-run deficit to tie the game against Sox closer David Robertson and catcher Tyler Flowers in the ninth inning. But Melky Cabrera’s walk-off single gave the Sox the victory in the 14th inning.
“I usually make that play, so that sucked,” Thompson said. “And to see how the rest of the inning kind of unfolded was unfortunate, but you know that’s baseball. Anything can happen. Luckily these guys stuck it out and got the win. That was awesome.”
