Jake Odorizzi

Houston Astros starting pitcher Jake Odorizzi left Monday's game in the fifth inning against the Boston Red Sox with lower leg discomfort.

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A freak injury went down in Fenway Park on Monday night. The Houston Astros visited the Boston Red Sox, which featured right-handed Astros pitcher Jake.

Following the game, Odorizzi was seen on crutches and in a boot. The pitcher’s left foot and ankle are clearly bent in a way they’re not supposed to. Houston got the out on Hernandez, but cameras were fixated on Odorizzi, who laid on the ground in apparent pain as he waited for medical attention.

If the Astros stick with a six-man rotation, they have options to fill Odorizzi's spot.

He just started throwing from 90 feet this month and the next step is to throw off the mound. First, they could just scrap the six-man rotation and stick with a five-man grouping of Verlander, Framber Valdez, Jose Urquidy, Luis Garcia and Cristian Javier. However, the Astros had said they wanted to continue with the six-man rotation a bit longer to continue giving Verlander an extra day to recover as he returns from an 18-month layoff post-surgery. The 26-year-old, who has a 5.38 ERA in 40 big league appearances, including six starts, over the past two seasons, is off to a good start at Class AAA Sugar Land and already is on the team’s 40-man roster, so a correlating move, besides putting Odorizzi on the injured list wouldn’t have to be made. No matter what they do, it's unlikely the Astros will be able to plug in someone to pitch as well as Odorizzi had the past three weeks. The more intriguing option is 2019 fifth-round pick Hunter Brown, who most consider as the Astros’ top pitching prospect. It also leaves a hole in the Astros' plan to emply a six-man rotation while ace Justin Verlander continues his remarkable comeback from Tommy John surgery.

The Astros pitcher collapsed running to cover first base in the fifth inning Monday in Boston.

He was loaded onto a stretcher and wheeled off. Follow our Tampa Bay Times sports team on The team said he had “left lower leg discomfort,” and manager Dusty Baker said Odorizzi would get an MRI. The pitcher was on crutches, wearing a boot and in good spirits after the game, Baker said.

Houston Astros pitcher Jake Odorizzi suddenly collapsed during the fifth inning of Monday night's game against the Boston Red Sox and was carted off the ...

He’s on crutches and he was in a boot, [but] he’s in good spirits so ... we hope for the best." CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP He rolled over in apparent pain, grabbing at his left leg before being helped onto a stretcher and taken off the field.