Ryker Waite leaves Vanderbilt baseball vs Belmont after injury
Shortstop Ryker Waite left Vanderbilt baseball vs. Belmont after suffering an injury on a slide.
Vanderbilt baseball shortstop Ryker Waite left the Commodores ' March 31 contest vs. Belmont two innings after suffering an apparent leg injury on a slide at Hawkins Field. Waite suffered the injury in the bottom of the fifth inning on an attempted steal of third, as he twisted his leg awkwardly when he fell over the base.
He was called safe originally but the call was overturned to out on review. Waite initially stayed in the game, but he was visibly hobbled and when his next turn at bat came around, Waite was removed for pinch-hitter Collin Brightwell. Brightwell struck out.
Vanderbilt led, 10-2, in the bottom of the seventh at the time of Waite's removal from the game. After Waite's removal, Brightwell went to center field and Rustan Rigdon moved from center field to shortstop. Waite is hitting .
340 with nine doubles and four home runs this season. This story will be updated. ria Gerson covers Vanderbilt athletics for The Tennessean.