Shohei Ohtani partially dislocates left shoulder during World Series Game 2, status TBD

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani partially dislocated his near enarthrosis during nan seventh inning of Saturday’s Game 2 of nan World Series against nan New York Yankees erstwhile he tried to bargain 2nd base.

Ohtani’s position for Monday’s Game 3 successful New York is unclear. Los Angeles head Dave Roberts said Ohtani “had a small near enarthrosis subluxation” and would get image testing either Saturday nighttime aliases Sunday.

Ohtani clutched his near forearm aft being tagged by shortstop Anthony Volpe for nan last retired successful nan inning connected a feetfirst slide. He laid adjacent nan container for a mates minutes earlier being tended to by trainers and leaving nan field.

“We’ll cognize much successful nan adjacent mates of days,” Roberts said. “The spot was great. The scope of mobility good, truthful we’re encouraged. But evidently I can’t estimate because don’t get nan scans yet. So erstwhile we person nan scans, we’ll cognize more.”

The Dodgers held connected for a 4-2 victory and lead nan Series 2-0.

The Japanese slugger — and presumptive National League MVP — was 0 for 3 pinch a locomotion successful nan game. He is 1 for 8 successful nan first 2 games of nan Fall Classic and is batting .260 pinch 3 location runs and 10 RBIs successful his first postseason successful nan majors.

“That was tough. You ne'er for illustration seeing nan champion subordinate successful nan crippled get injured for illustration that,” Yankees superstar Aaron Judge said. “Trying to bargain a guidelines for illustration that there, and thing for illustration that happens. But hopefully it’s each bully news. We’ll spot what happens.”

Ohtani had been 1 of nan fewer players connected nan Dodgers roster who sewage done nan play without a awesome injury. The pitching unit has been beset by injuries, pinch astir each personnel of nan starting rotation spending clip connected nan injured list.

Among nan position players, Mookie Betts was retired for astir 2 months owed to a surgery near hand, and Max Muncy was retired astir half nan play owed to a correct oblique strain. Freddie Freeman is playing successful nan postseason pinch a severely sprained correct ankle.

Betts is optimistic astir nan Dodgers persevering if Ohtani is sidelined, particularly aft nan squad overcame its injuries while earning nan astir wins successful nan fields during nan regular play and reaching nan World Series for nan 4th clip successful 8 seasons.

“We’ve sewage a awesome group of guys successful present and I judge we tin return attraction of business for sure. I judge successful america all,” Betts said.

Most of Ohtani’s injuries since coming to nan fields successful 2018 person been pitching-related, including awesome operations connected his correct elbow successful 2018 and past year. The two-way arena has not sounded this twelvemonth but became nan first subordinate successful awesome convention history pinch astatine slightest 50 homers and 50 stolen bases successful a season.

In September 2019, he had room connected his near kneecap owed to a uncommon condition. The process was connected his bipartite patella, aliases a two-part kneecap that didn’t fuse together astatine birth.

Ohtani missed nan 2017 World Baseball Classic aft having ankle room because of an wounded he suffered during nan 2016 Japan Series.

“When you person a group for illustration this, they picked maine up erstwhile I person been down. We’ll effort to do nan aforesaid for him,” Freeman said.

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