OAKLAND — Jacob Wilson’s major-league debut lasted all of three innings.
Wilson, playing in his first big-league game after earning his first call-up, was removed from Friday night’s game against the Angels with an apparent injury, coming up hobbling as he scored on Lawrence Butler’s two-run triple in the bottom of the third inning.
The A’s have yet to provide any additional information regarding Wilson’s status, but Wilson dealt with a knee injury earlier this season.
Wilson’s night had been going well prior to his removal from the game. Prior to his first at-bat, Wilson turned a slick double play in the top of the third, fielding Nolan Schanuel’s grounder, sprinting to second base, tagging the bag, then firing to first on the run for two.
The 22-year-old received a standing ovation as he strolled to the right-handed batter’s box ahead of his first career at-bat. Wilson then gave the lively Friday night crowd even more to cheer about when he muscled a broken bat line drive barely over the outstretched glove of Angels’ shortstop Zach Neto. Those cheers soon dissipated.
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After Wilson rounded third base on Butler’s triple, he began hobbling halfway down the third base line, appearing noticeably frustrated as he walked back to the dugout. Wilson jogged out for defense the following half-inning, but was eventually removed from the game.
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