Padres designated hitter Luis Arraez had to be placed on a stretcher and carted off the field after he collided with Astros second baseman Mauricio Dubón, who had been covering second base during the top of the first bunt attempt.
Arraez was able to move his limbs, but the nature of his injury wasn’t immediately clear.
In a statement from the Padres, the team said that Arraez was transported to Houston Methodist Hospital to be evaluated.
“He is currently stable, conscious, responsive, and able to move his extremities,” the team said.
The concerning incident occurred after Arraez laid down the bunt and charged to first base.
Astros first baseman Christian Walker played the ball and flipped it over to Dubón, but as the Houston second baseman went to step on the bag he appeared to get in the path of Arraez and the two came together with the Padres DH immediately crumpling to the ground.
San Diego first base coach Dave Macias quickly went over to Arraez to check on him, as did Dubón, before the Padres trainers came out of the dugout to evaluate the situation.
A slow-motion replay of the play showed that Arraez’s head had made contact with Dubón’s forearm.
Several Padres players came over to where Arraez was down and took a knee and Dubón remained by his side until he was carted off the field.
Arraez did appear to give a thumbs-up as he was being taken off the field.
The game was delayed 15 minutes because of the injury.
Arraez had come into Sunday’s game with a .287 batting average, three home runs and seven RBIs on the season.