Shohei Ohtani partially dislocates left shoulder during World Series

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dodgers famous person Shohei Ohtani partially dislocated his left shoulder in the course of the seventh inning of Saturday’s Recreation 2 of the World Sequence in opposition to the New York Yankees when he tried to steal second base.

Ohtani’s standing for Monday’s Recreation 3 in New York is unclear. Los Angeles supervisor Dave Roberts stated Ohtani “had slightly left shoulder subluxation” and would get picture testing both Saturday evening or Sunday.

Ohtani clutched his left forearm after being tagged by shortstop Anthony Volpe for the ultimate out within the inning on a feetfirst slide. He laid close to the bag for a pair minutes earlier than being tended to by trainers and leaving the sphere.

“We’ll know extra within the subsequent couple of days,” Roberts stated. “The power was nice. The vary of movement good, so we’re inspired. However clearly I can’t speculate as a result of don’t get the scans but. So as soon as we now have the scans, we’ll know extra.”

The Dodgers held on for a 4-2 victory and lead the Sequence 2-0.

The Japanese famous person — and presumptive Nationwide League MVP — was 0 for 3 with a stroll within the recreation. He’s 1 for 8 within the first two video games of the Fall Basic and is batting .260 with three dwelling runs and 10 RBIs in his first postseason within the majors.

Most of Ohtani’s accidents since coming to the majors in 2018 have been pitching associated, together with main operations on his proper elbow in 2018 and final 12 months. The 2-way phenomenon has not pitched this 12 months however turned the primary participant in main league historical past with a minimum of 50 homers and 50 stolen bases in a season.

In September of 2019, he had surgical procedure on his left kneecap attributable to a uncommon and congenital situation. The process was on his bipartite patella, or a two-part kneecap that didn’t fuse collectively at start.

Ohtani missed the 2017 World Baseball Basic after having ankle surgical procedure due to an damage he suffered in the course of the 2016 Japan Sequence.

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