June 27 (UPI) -- The New York Mets fear that right-handed pitcher Griffin Canning injured the Achilles tendon in his left leg during a win over the Atlanta Braves, manager Carlos Mendoza told reporters.
Canning went down in the third inning of the 4-0 victory Thursday in Flushing, N.Y. He did not return.
"We think it's an Achilles," Mendoza said at his postgame news conference. "He's getting an MRI. We're waiting for the result, but it looks like an Achilles injury. It sucks. You hate to see it, especially the way [Canning] went down right away. ... I feel sorry for the guy, especially how big he has been for us and the way he has been throwing the ball all year.
"He has been pretty consistent. It's unfortunate. You hate to see it. You feel for the guy. We've just go to wait now."
Canning's injury is just the latest blow this season to the Mets pitching staff. He is the third member of the Mets' starting rotation from Opening Day to sustain an injury in the last two weeks, joining Kodai Senga and Tylor Megill. Senga sustained a hamstring injury June 12. Megill, who is dealing with an elbow sprain, last pitched June 12.
