HOUSTON (AP) – Dustin Fowler was expected to leave the hospital on Friday, a day after undergoing surgery for a serious knee injury he suffered crashing into a low wall trying to catch a foul ball for the New York Yankees in his major league debut.
The outfielder ruptured the patellar tendon in his right knee in the first inning of New York’s 4-3 loss to the Chicago White Sox on Thursday night. He tried to walk after running into a metal box in the short sidewall near the corner attempting to make the catch before crumbling to the ground.
He was then taken to Rush University Medical center where the surgery was performed.
Manager Joe Girardi said he spoke to him Friday morning and then the entire team crowded into the training room in the visiting clubhouse at Minute Maid Park where the Yankees were set to play the Astros to Face Time the injured rookie on Friday afternoon.
“As a group we just talked to him,” Girardi said. “He’s getting out of the hospital and we expect to see him in New York when we get back from this trip. I thought it was important that we see him and that he saw us.”