Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Employees Author
LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani suffered an harm to his left shoulder whereas sliding into second base on a steal try within the seventh inning of a 4-2 World Collection Sport 2 win over the New York Yankees on Saturday night time.
Talking after the sport, Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts mentioned Ohtani suffered a subluxation — outlined as a minor dislocation — of the shoulder and can bear additional testing Sunday.
Roberts added Ohtani’s power and vary of movement are good and that the group is “inspired.”
The harm was a bitter observe on a win that gave the Dodgers a 2-0 sequence lead. Sport 3 is Monday in New York.
Ohtani, who didn’t miss any video games with harm this season, slid previous the bag, then was sluggish to stand up, rolling on the bottom whereas grabbing his left arm.
He was lastly helped to his ft and walked towards the dugout with Dodgers assistant athletic coach Yosuke Nakajima holding the famous person’s arm. They disappeared into the clubhouse.
Ohtani, who produced the primary 50/50 season in historical past this season and is predicted to win his third MVP subsequent month, is slashing .260/.403/.460 with three residence runs however no stolen bases in 13 postseason video games.
The Dodgers led 4-1 when he exited. New York rallied within the ninth inning, plating one run earlier than leaving the bases loaded.
