Carrasco injures hand, out for regular season

CLEVELAND — Carlos Carrasco was waiting inside the clubhouse after his teammates celebrated an emotional extra-inning victory on the field under a stream of fireworks on Saturday night. The pitcher wanted to be there to congratulate them, and to thank them for overcoming his early exit.

In a cruel twist to Cleveland’s quest to play deep into October, Carrasco was struck by a line drive two pitches into the first inning of the Tribe’s 1-0, 10-inning walk-off triumph over Detroit in a critical contest at Progressive Field. He sustained a non-displaced fracture of a bone in his right hand and is done for the regular season, delivering a crushing blow to an Indians club with World Series aspirations.

So when the celebratory mob broke up and Cleveland’s players headed inside, Carrasco was waiting.

“He was the first one to high five us at the door,” Indians shortstop Francisco Lindor said.

Thank you, everyone, for the kind words. Means a lot!Thanks most of all to my teammates for winning that game! We’re going to do this!

— Carlos Carrasco (@Cookie_Carrasco) September 18, 2016

Thank you, everyone, for the kind words. Means a lot!Thanks most of all to my teammates for winning that game! We’re going to do this!

Cleveland’s rotation now consists of Corey Kluber, Trevor Bauer and a slew of question marks. Righty Josh Tomlin will hope to continue his comeback from a rough August, rookie Mike Clevinger will hope to build on his recent success, and the fifth spot will likely consist of a bullpen day for the remainder of the regular season.

After the ill-fated liner off the bat of Ian Kinsler in the first inning, Carrasco went off-site to undergo X-rays on his pitching hand, which began swelling immediately. The images showed a non-displaced break of the fifth metacarpal, which is a bone in the hand located beneath the pinky finger. The Indians did not announce an official …

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