Mariners player Julio Rodriguez crashes into fence, leaves injured

SEATTLE — Mariners center fielder Julio Rodriguez was pulled in the sixth inning of Sunday’s game against the Houston Astros with an injury after jumping for a fly ball on Yordan Alvarez’s RBI triple and appearing to twist his right ankle on the pad of the center field fence.

Rodriguez hurt his ankle in pain and was on the ground for a few minutes, but eventually left the field with Mariners trainer Taylor Bennett and manager Scott Servais.

He was replaced in center field by right fielder Victor Robles, with Luke Raley moving from first base to right field and Ty France entering the game at first base.

Rodriguez has been in fine form of late after a slow start to the season, hitting .459 with four homers and eight RBIs over his last 12 games, with a .524 on-base percentage and a 1.389 OPS.