DYERSVILLE, Iowa – Jonathan India spent Thursday night in an Iowa City hospital after sustaining a lower leg injury in the Field of Dreams game.
Doctors were concerned that flying could affect swelling in his leg, the team said, and he drove a car with an athletic trainer back to Cincinnati Friday afternoon. India is expected to be at the Great American Ball Park on Saturday when the Reds and Chicago Cubs resume their three-game weekend streak.
India, last year’s National League Rookie of the Year, left Thursday’s game in Dyersville, Iowa in the fourth inning. India was hit in the first inning by a pitch on his left leg below the knee by Cubs-pitcher Drew Smyly. India grimaced, took one step from the batter’s box and bent to his waist before removing his shin guard.
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He limped a few steps towards first base and then jogged a few steps when he reached the bag. The field mics picked up India and told Cubs first baseman PJ Higgins he was okay.
India struckout in the second inning and played three innings at second base before being eliminated.
“It’s not broken,” Reds manager David Bell said after the game. “It just put him in a bad place where as the game went on he got more swollen and he lost all flexibility. He had a really hard time moving. It must be important to get him out of the game, but the good news is no break.”
India hits .243 this season with seven homeruns, 11 doubles and 24 RBI in 59 games.
