Toronto Blue Jays centre-fielder Kevin Kiermaier was replaced defensively in the seventh inning of Tuesday's game against the Milwaukee Brewers after fouling a ball off the inside of his knee earlier in the contest.
The team later announced he left with a right knee contusion.
In the fourth inning, Kiermaier got a piece of an 88.9 m.p.h cutter from Brewers starter Carlos Rodriguez, directing the ball off his left leg. He went down on the field in obvious pain, forcing a Blue Jays trainer and manager John Schneider out of the dugout to check on the 34-year-old.
Kiermaier was able to stay in the game, laying down a sacrifice bunt later in the at-bat and popping out in the sixth.
Davis Schneider entered the game in Kiermaier's place in the lineup, playing left field, pushing Daulton Varsho to centre.
Kiermaier entered Tuesday's game with a .203/.252/.322 slash line and two home runs in 47 games.
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