Mets starter Clay Holmes broke his leg in Friday’s game against the Yankees, fracturing his fibula, manager Carlos Mendoza told reporters after the team’s 5-2 loss.
The injury occurred in the fourth inning when Spencer Jones hit a liner up the middle that deflected off Holmes leg. Holmes was shaken up and looked at by team trainers but continued his outing and finished the inning. The right-hander then came out for the fifth inning and recorded one out before walking Jazz Chisholm Jr. which ended his outing.
“He’s going to be down for a long time,” Mendoza said after the game.
The skipper also called the injury a “huge blow” for New York who had been leaning on Holmes this season. The right-hander has a 2.39 ERA in nine starts this season after allowing four earned runs in 4.1 innings against the Yanks in Friday’s series opener.