ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – If the Atlanta Braves didn’t already have enough injuries under their belt this season, Austin Riley’s strained abdomen was certainly the cherry on top.
He suffered the injury three days before the All-Star break, feeling discomfort during a couple of defensive plays against the St. Louis Cardinals.
The team will be without Riley while they kick off the second half of the season on Friday with a three-game series against the New York Yankees at Truist Park. The first two games of the series will be broadcast live on Gray Media.
The Braves recalled Nacho Alvarez Jr. to take Riley’s spot. Alvarez was hitting .361 in 11 games with Triple-A Gwinnett.
Atlanta (42-53) is 12.5 games back in the NL East race, and is without starters Chris Sale, Spencer Schwellenbach, AJ Smith-Shawver and Reynaldo Lopez due to injury. That leaves Spencer Strider, Grant Holmes and Bryce Elder. Right-hander Davis Daniel started Sunday and remains and option for the rotation, but things are bleak in the starting rotation right now for Atlanta.
The Yankees (53-43) come into town two games back in the AL East race.
Here’s the full injury report:
RHP Joe Jimenez (left knee surgery)RHP Reynaldo López (right shoulder inflammation)3B Austin Riley (strained right abdomen)LHP Chris Sale (fractured left ribcage)RHP Spencer Schwellenbach (fractured right elbow)RHP AJ Smith-Shawver (torn right UCL)Yankees injury report3B Oswaldo Cabrera (left ankle fracture)RHP Gerrit Cole (right elbow ligament tear)RHP Jake Cousins (right UCL tear)RHP Fernando Cruz (left oblique strain)RHP Yerry De Los Santos (right elbow discomfort)RHP Luis Gil (right lat strain)RHP Chase Hampton (Tommy John surgery)RHP Mark Leiter Jr. (left fibular head stress fracture)RHP Clarke Schmidt (Tommy John surgery)LHP Ryan Yarbrough (right oblique strain)
First pitch is at 7:15 p.m. EST on both Friday and Saturday.
How to watch Braves on Gray
Gray Media will simulcast these 15 Atlanta Braves games throughout the Southeast this season.
Fans can watch the Braves on Gray on Friday by tuning into PeachtreeTV, Atlanta’s CW Network. Fans can also watch games on YouTube TV, over the air on channel 17.1 and on channel 17 on Dish Network and DirecTV and channel 7 on Xfinity and Spectrum.
Fans can watch Saturday’s Braves on Gray simulcast by tuning into Atlanta News First over the air on channel 46 or on YouTube TV, Dish Network, DirecTV, Xfinity and Spectrum.
If you are in another market outside of Atlanta, you can find your channel at BravesOnGray.com.