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Yankees outfielder Dominguez leaves field after wall collision

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Published 1 month ago

The New York Yankees' Jasson Dominguez was injured slamming into a wall as he took a superb leaping catch in the first inning on Thursday, eventually leaving the field on a medical cart.

[p]The 23-year-old Dominican outfielder raced backwards to claim [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/texas-rangers/f3GcHO7j/"]Texas[/a] batter [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nimmo-brandon/hbSJkew3/"]Brandon Nimmo[/a]'s fly ball, colliding with his head and shoulder against an outfield LED video advertising board covered by a chain-link fence in left field.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dominguez-jasson/SlTBJ98c/"]Dominguez[/a] stayed down on the field for around a minute, tended to and examined by medical staff. He was able to slowly walk to a cart, receiving cheers from the crowd, before he was taken away for further treatment.[/p][embed guid="2fa53027-c5ab-45fe-8b7d-34b8c2b645eb" url="https://x.com/MLB/status/2052429808512975335" social-type="twitter" /][p]There was no immediate word from the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/new-york-yankees/SrC4LDIT/"]Yankees[/a] on his condition.[/p][p]Despite the forceful collision, Dominguez was able to hold onto the ball, giving the Yankees their first out of the game.[/p]

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