Oswaldo Cabrera was laying behind home plate on his belly in agony. He tagged up on Judge’s bases-loaded, one-out flyball to right, sped home and twisted his left ankle trying to avoid a tag by Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh.

New York Yankees third baseman Oswaldo Cabrera was taken off the field in an ambulance during the ninth inning of Monday's 11-5 win against the Seattle Mariners ( box score ). Cabrera sustained an apparent lower leg injury while scoring from third base on a sacrifice fly from Aaron Judge.

SEATTLE — The excitement in the Yankees’ dugout came to a sudden and horrifying stop Monday night in the ninth inning when Oswaldo Cabera, among the most popular players on the club for several years running, suffered what appeared to be a severe left leg injury and had to be taken off the field via ambulance.