Avoiding a tag at home plate while scoring on a ninth-inning sacrifice fly, Cabrera suffered a left ankle fracture during the Yankees’ 11-5 win against the Mariners at T-Mobile Park. As the Yankees prepared for Tuesday night’s game here, Cabrera was flying back to New York to see a specialist.

SEATTLE — The Yankees’ fears were confirmed on Tuesday when Oswaldo Cabrera was diagnosed with a fractured left ankle. The effervescent third baseman was injured in a gruesome play at the plate in the ninth inning Monday night at T-Mobile Park, which forced him to leave the field in an ambulance headed to a local hospital.