Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez left Wednesday's game at the San Diego Padres in the sixth inning.
Luis Torrens replaced him behind the dish in the frame's bottom half.
Alvarez took a ball off the mask with an out and runner on first base in the bottom of the fifth inning.
Francisco Alvarez has left the game in the 6th inning.
Alvarez took a ball to the mask in the fifth inning. pic.twitter.com/9Z5i9qrEaw
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An injury delay ensued and Alvarez finished the inning before Torrens entered in the top of the sixth.
Alvarez, who batted sixth in the Mets' order, was 0-for-2 with two strikeouts.
He is slashing .243/.335/.375 with four home runs and 13 RBI through 42 games this season.
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