Braves pitcher Charlie Morton suffered a broken leg in the second inning of Game 1 of the World Series.
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Atlanta Braves pitcher Charlie Morton suffered a broken leg in the second inning of Game 1 of the World Series against the Houston Astros – but did not leave the game until the following inning.
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The Braves said X-rays showed Morton fractured his right fibula and he will miss the rest of the World Series.
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Yuli Gurriel led off the bottom of the second inning for the Astros with a hard one-hopper up the middle that deflected off Morton’s lower right leg to Atlanta first baseman Freddie Freeman for an out.
Morton struck out the next batter, Chas McCormick, then got Martin Maldonado to line out to end the inning.
Morton came back out for the third inning, but grimaced as he struck out Houston leadoff man Jose Altuve and bent over to rub his lower right leg before leaving the game.
— Atlanta Braves (@Braves)
The 37-year-old right-hander threw 16 pitches after breaking his push leg, two of them 96 mph fastballs.
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