ALCS Game 2: Yordano Ventura exits with apparent injury

Yordano Ventura started Game 2 of the ALCS for the Kansas City Royals. He was forced to exit in the sixth inning with an apparent injury.

The Kansas City Royals sent young Yordano Ventura to the mound for Game 2 of the ALCS as they tried to take a 2-0 lead in the series against the Baltimore Orioles.

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Ventura battled and pitched well for the Royals, working into the sixth inning and keeping the Orioles to four runs in a tie game. Despite a day off tomorrow and a couple rough patches for Ventura, Royals’ manager Ned Yost rode his young starter into the sixth inning. In the middle of that inning, however, Ventura had to exit with an apparent injury.

Given the fact that Ventura is a young rookie, this raised some eyebrows about how he was used in this game and in the postseason more generally.

last time out, Yordano Ventura's fastball averaged 98.2 miles per hour. this time, 95.0 miles per hour and removed by manager and trainer
— Jeff Sullivan (@based_ball) October 11, 2014

Yikes, that's the last thing anybody wanted to see: Ventura walking off with a trainer.
— Mark Zuckerman (@MarkZuckerman) October 11, 2014

Not that Ventura has been overworked, but if Royals had fallen out of race, he was most likely getting shut down in mid-September.
— Matthew Pouliot (@matthewpouliot) October 11, 2014

Ventura is shaking his head as Yost and a team trainer come to remove him from the game. Unclear what the issue is.
— Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) October 11, 2014

Depending on how the Royals do in the rest of this series, the health of Ventura will be a big story as far as their chances moving forward.