PHILADELPHIA — Tampa Bay Rays slugger Junior Caminero departed the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in the third inning Tuesday night after he was hit in the left hand by a tailing sinker from St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Riley O’Brien.
Caminero immediately hit the dirt after being caught by the 1-0 offering. He eventually sprang to his feet and jogged off the field into the American League dugout, as the Chicago White Sox’s Miguel Vargas came in to pinch-run.
The Athletic reported that Caminero went for X-rays.
The 23-year-old Caminero was making his second All-Star appearance. He has 28 home runs and 59 RBIs in 94 games this season for the Rays and is slashing .279/.372/.555.
Caminero reached the semifinals of the Home Run Derby on Monday night before he was eliminated by eventual winner Jordan Walker of the Cardinals. He connected on the event’s longest homer, a 491-foot shot to left-center.
–Ian Nicholas Quillen, Field Level Media
