Astros first baseman Yuli Gurriel will miss the rest of the World Series after injuring his right knee in Game 5.
“He wasn’t crying, but he had tears in his eyes," Astros manager Dusty Baker said of Gurriel. “You could tell how badly that he wanted to play. We just couldn’t do it and had to replace him.”
Trey Mancini hit for Gurriel in the eighth, and Baker said after the game that Gurriel's knee was sore. Mancini, 0 for 18 in the postseason and 0 for 6 in the World Series, started at first base and hit seventh in Game 6 on Saturday night. Christian Vázquez was the designated hitter and batted sixth.The 38-year-old Gurriel hit .347 with two homers and four RBIs in the postseason, including .316 during the World Series.
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