Braves’ Austin Riley removed from Friday’s game after injury

ST. LOUIS — Braves third baseman Austin Riley was removed from Friday’s game because of what the club termed lower abdominal tightness.

Riley left before the top of the fourth inning. Before that, he had gone 1-for-2 with an RBI single, a run scored and also made three assists.

“He’s getting checked out right now, so we’ll know more later,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said after the game. “I think it was one of the chopper plays that he had when he came in and made a throw, he felt something.

“He continued to feel it, so that’s why we wanted to get him out and get it checked to see what it is.”

Backup infielder Luke Williams replaced Riley in the fourth and struck out. He then made a throwing error in the bottom half of the inning.

Riley is hitting .274 this season with 49 RBIs and 14 home runs.