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Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani Injures Shoulder During World Series Game 2

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October 27, 2024

Los Angeles Dodgers followers skilled a daunting second simply earlier than Halloween when star Shohei Ohtani exited Recreation 2 of the World Sequence in ache.

Fox Sports activities reported that Ohtani, a prime candidate for this 12 months’s Nationwide League MVP Award, injured his left shoulder in a failed try to steal second base through the seventh inning of Saturday’s matchup in opposition to the New York Yankees. The Dodgers gained the sport at Dodgers Stadium by a rating of 4-2 and maintain a 2-0 lead within the sequence because it heads to the Bronx.

After the sport, Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts instructed reporters that Ohtani suffered a subluxation of his left shoulder however that the group felt inspired by his power and vary of movement.

Instantly after the play, the X (previously Twitter) account for Fox’s Main League Baseball protection posted, “Ohtani injured his shoulder on this slide. No phrase but on the severity of the harm.” The Japanese-born Ohtani was helped off the sphere by a member of the group’s workers.

In the course of the telecast, Fox broadcaster Joe Davis famous {that a} Japanese information outlet reported the Dodgers’ designated hitter saying he felt his shoulder pop.

“There’s slightly little bit of ‘uh-oh’ with Ohtani, sadly, and seeing how that shakes out for the remainder of the sequence,” Fox broadcaster John Smoltz mentioned through the recreation. “We’ll see how this recreation and that stolen base in that inning shakes out the remainder of the sequence.”

Ohtani had one hit and scored a run Friday within the Dodgers’ beautiful comeback win within the first recreation of the World Sequence. The group prevailed 6-3 over the Yankees in that recreation after Freddie Freeman’s walk-off grand slam within the tenth inning.

Recognized for each his energy on the plate and his prowess as a beginning pitcher, Ohtani joined the Dodgers within the offseason after six seasons with the Los Angeles Angels. The 2-time MLB MVP has not pitched this season whereas recovering from surgical procedure that he underwent on his proper elbow in Sept. 2023.

“I’m unsure about any particulars,” Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto mentioned by an interpreter after the sport about Ohtani’s shoulder.