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Brutal for the all-time great.

Mariano Rivera's Old Timers Day started off great. He smacked a single off of Andy Pettitte.

But the New York Yankees' Hall of Fame closer ended the day with much worse news.

He had torn his Achilles, and he'll undergo surgery, according to The Athletic.

“We all thought it was a hamstring, but I think it’s a little worse than that,” Roger Clemens told the Yankees' radio broadcast afterward.

Rivera was playing centerfield while Willie Randolph was at the plate but he went down after taking an awkward step.

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It was a brutal callback to a tough moment from Rivera's career.

In 2012, he was shagging fly balls in Kansas City during batting practice, and he tore his ACL.

He came back in 2013 for his final season.

Rivera, now 55 years old, is the greatest closer of all time.

He has 652 saves and was the only player ever unanimously inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

His career ERA in 19 seasons, all with the Yankees, was 2.21.

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His playoff stats are even more ridiculous.

He appeared in 96 postseason games out of the bullpen and had a 0.70 ERA.

That included 42 postseason saves in another 141 innings, nearly two full seasons of additional playoff workload between the innings and appearances.

Rivera's famous cutter made him nearly unhittable in the big moments for his entire Yankees career, including on four world championship teams.

Now, though, he'll have to do a little resting up before thinking about stepping back on the Yankee Stadium diamond again.

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Yankees legend tore his Achilles during the Old Timers’ Game