Blue Jays lose opener to Orioles, Bichette to knee injury as trade deadline looms

Lose to the Orioles, lose Bo Bichette ... it was a tough one in Toronto tonight

, saying Bichette was removed from the game with "right knee discomfort." He'll undergo more testing and evaluations overnight.

While attempting to decelerate as he trotted around first base after poking one into the right-field corner, Bichette abruptly put on the brakes, keeled over, and allowed Orioles infielderto tag him without putting up a fight. After limping and hobbling around for a few seconds, Bichette was immediately helped off and appeared to be in some serious discomfort as he headed toward his team's dugout in front of a stunned-silent Rogers Centre crowd.

Bichette would be an immense, potentially insurmountable loss for Toronto if he's forced to miss any kind of serious time down the stretch, with the 25-year-old contributing 15% of the Blue Jays' hits in 2023 — the highest percentage of any AL-team's knocks this season,Bichette leads the American League with a .321 batting average and 144 hits after reaching base on an infield single in the first on Monday night.

Following a 4-2 loss to Baltimore on Monday, the Blue Jays sit 6.5 games behind the Orioles for first in the AL East, but all eyes will be squarely on Bichette until the extent of his injury is revealed.

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