After suffering a painful-looking injury at the plate Saturday, Cardianl ace Adam Wainwright's season likely is over.
Sources: Expectation is that #STLCards’ Wainwright is done for season with Achilles injury. Has not yet undergone MRI.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) April 26, 2015Wainwright left the game against the Brewers in the fifth inning with what originally was described by the team as a left ankle injury. The injury occurred when Wainwright slipped out of the batter's box on a pop out. He hobbled off the field after the injury with the help of manager Mike Matheny.
“I was grabbing him. He was fighting me the whole time,” Matheny told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “I told him I just about grabbed him and fireman-carried him off the field.”
“It was crazy. I wasn’t even going that hard. I just popped it up," Wainwright said. “I saw that it was in play so I started to run and my foot just shut down on me. It’s in the back of my ankle. Everything right now is all speculation. I’ve not got my hopes up or down.”
For now, the Cardinals placed him on the 15-day disabled list Sunday.
Wainwright's MRI is scheduled for Monday morning. If he is shut down for the season, it will be a tough blow for the Cardinals rotation.