It has not been an easy month of baseball for the Giants or Brandon Belt. Belt was shunned from the All-Star game earlier in July and has been hitting .227 this month and .071 in his last seven games. Now, Belt looks to be injured.
To lead off the seventh inning of Wednesday afternoon’s game against the Seattle Mariners, Belt sent a hard hit ball toward first base and hustled down the line to beat the throw.
Mariners second baseman Dee Gordon threw the ball into the Giants dugout, allowing Belt to take second base. But Belt could only hobble from first to second. As Belt extended his right leg to get to first, he looked to tweak his knee, and was replaced at second base by Chase d’Arnaud, who took over at third, while Pablo Sandoval shifted to first in the following inning.
It is yet unclear how severe the injury is and what Belt’s status will be going forward.
