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Fans react: Dansby Swanson pulled from Gwinnett game after Camargo injury

Bench coach Terry Pendleton #9, third base coach Ron Washington #37 and trainer Jim Lovell of the Atlanta Braves help up Johan Camargo #17 after he fell to the ground running onto the field in the first inning to face the Philadelphia Phillies at SunTrust Park on August 8, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
Bench coach Terry Pendleton #9, third base coach Ron Washington #37 and trainer Jim Lovell of the Atlanta Braves help up Johan Camargo #17 after he fell to the ground running onto the field in the first inning to face the Philadelphia Phillies at SunTrust Park on August 8, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
By Juliakate E Culpepper
Aug 9, 2017

As he ran out onto the field at SunTrust Park on Tuesday evening, shortstop Johan Camargo lost his balance and collapsed.

In what is being called “a freak injury”, Camargo stayed on the ground until Braves coaches could help carry him off the field.

The Braves announced Camargo hyper-extended his right knee and an MRI was scheduled for Tuesday night.

Meanwhile in Gwinnett, infielder Dansby Swanson was pulled from the G-Braves game against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders in the third inning. Swanson is expected to be recalled to Atlanta in Camargo’s absence.

Swanson was optioned to Gwinnett on July 26.

Here’s what fans had to say about Swanson’s probable return to Atlanta:

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