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Martinez had iced down his right calf following his Aug. 3 start in Miami. He was listed as day-to-day pending Tuesdays examination by the teams physician in New York. The other injury Martinez experienced this season was an inflamed hip. This was also originally deemed minor, but he spent most of July on the disabled list. Martinezs injury will add a lot of emotion and suspense to the final seven weeks of the regular season since the Mets actually know they will have problems translating their runaway lead in the division into a world championship without Martinez, a three-time Cy Young Award winner. Martinezs fastball barely topped 80 mph due to an inability to push off with his right leg. He was flagged for a balk by first base umpire Eric Cooper to force home the run that made it 3-0. Martinez promptly clipped Chris Coste on the left elbow to reload the bases, before Abraham Nunez cleared them with a three-run double that skipped past Carlos Beltran. Martinezs injury marked the second shortest outing of his career; he was knocked out after two-thirds of an inning on June 20, 1995, with Montreal against Houston. It also marked the first time in 372 career starts that Martinez had allowed six first-inning runs. Martinez wanted to remain in the game, but the teams coach and training staff saw, there was something wrong with him, and they wouldnt let him stay out in the field. |
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