Colson Montgomery Exits Guardians Finale With Left Wrist Contusion

The club posted the update during the game at Progressive Field. Montgomery had already been hit by a pitch in the contest and was 0-for-2 when he came out. The team did not announce a timetable, only that further evaluation was underway.

That is not a small name to lose in a half-game race. Montgomery has been in the middle of this lineup all year, with 31 home runs and 84 RBIs entering the day, even as the average has sat in the .200s. Chicago entered Wednesday at 77-74, a half-game ahead of the Guardians after winning Monday 7-3 and dropping Tuesday 7-6. The Tigers open a homestand at Rate Field on Thursday.

Wrist contusions can be a day-to-day bruise or something that costs at-bats down the stretch. Until the Sox say more, that is all that is official: he is out of this game, and the wrist is the reason.

Update: Per James Fegan of the Sun-Times, X-rays on Montgomery’s wrist have come back negative,