Season Over for Marc Maldonado in Ontario
The doctors have spoken and <Marc Maldonado:player#4629> of the <Ontario Blue Pirates:team#77> didn't like what he heard. The 31-year-old right fielder is almost certainly gone for the rest of the year and depending on his progress could miss some of next season as well. Maldonado sustained his season-ending injury during the <New Jersey Athletics:team#80> game yesterday at Johnson & Johnson Field. He had to leave the game because he hurt himself while running the bases. Today the <Ontario:team#77> medical staff reported <Maldonado:player#4629> had a torn posterior cruciate ligament and would be absent from the lineup for at least 6 months.

For the season <Maldonado:player#4629> is currently batting .229 with 11 home runs and 41 RBIs. In 92 games he has reached base at a .282 rate and scored 39 runs to date.