Angels All-Star Tommy La Stella suffers apparent serious injury

The Los Angeles Angels game against the Texas Rangers in Arlington Tuesday evening seemed pretty meaningless in the grand scheme of things.

It came one day after Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs tragically died at the age of just 27 in the team hotel.

After Monday’s game was cancelled, the Angels and Rangers took to the field with heavy hearts.

While it does not compare in any way to Skaggs passing, Angels All-Star Tommy La Stella suffered an apparent serious leg injury after he fouled a ball off his knee in the sixth inning. Reports from Texas are not great.

Tommy La Stella hit a foul ball cleanly off his right shin. He was carried off the field with by trainers Adam Nevala and Eric Munson. That did not look good.

La Stella was named to his first All-Star team on Sunday.

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A first-time All-Star, La Stella entered Tuesday’s game hitting .304 with 16 homers, 44 RBI and a .856 OPS.

The hope here is that this injury is not as serious as it seems.