Pirates star shortstop Oneil Cruz underwent surgical procedure on his fractured left ankle on Sunday evening and the staff anticipates he'll return to motion in 4 months, Pittsburgh introduced on Monday.

Per the staff's assertion, Dr. Greg Altman and Dr. Darren Frank carried out the process at Allegheny General Hospital, the place they stabilized Cruz's fractured fibula and addressed the damage to the syndesmosis, an ankle ligament. Cruz's timeline positions him for a possible return in August.

With Cruz happening the 10-day injured listing, Pittsburgh recalled infielder Mark Mathias from Triple-A Indianapolis.

Cruz injured the ankle within the sixth inning of Sunday's recreation towards the White Sox when he tried to attain from third on Ke’Bryan Hayes’ weakly hit grounder proper at Chicago’s Yoán Moncada. Cruz hustled down the road however didn’t start to slip till he was a number of toes from residence, inflicting him to awkwardly barrel into catcher Seby Zavala, who leapt to seize Moncada’s throw and tried to keep up a sliding lane. Cruz’s left leg bent awkwardly as he fell to the bottom, and he immediately writhed in ache.

The collision resulted within the benches clearing after Pirates first baseman Carlos Santana took exception to Zavala yelling one thing at Cruz. Nobody was ejected and order was restored with out incident.

Cruz's absence leaves a big gap in Pittsburgh's lineup, dampening the optimism surrounding the membership's 6-3 begin. Cruz, the staff's major leadoff hitter, was hitting .250/.375/.375 with one homer and three stolen bases within the Pirates' 9 video games.

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