Alvarez stayed in the game after his double in the seventh inning. He did not come out to catch in the eighth inning of the Mets’ 7-3 win over the Mariners in the MLB Little League Classic. Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said Alvarez would return to New York for an MRI.

Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez left the game with a thumb injury after a three-hit night in New York’s 7-3 win over the Mariners.

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