Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw delivers a pitch against the Washington Nationals on Saturday.
(Nick Wass / Associated Press)
A sagging Dodgers rotation got a shot in the arm on Friday when an MRI test confirmed that Clayton Kershaw has inflammation but no structural damage in his left elbow.
Kershaw, who was placed on the 10-day injured list on Wednesday, will resume playing catch on Saturday and is expected to be folded back into the rotation after the All-Star break.
“I think we all felt there was going to be nothing from it,” Manager Dave Roberts said, “but just to get confirmation is certainly a very good thing.”
The Dodgers were already without two other starters from their opening-day rotation when Kershaw got hurt.
Dustin May was lost to a season-ending elbow injury in early May, and Trevor Bauer was lost to an MLB-imposed administrative leave in the wake of a domestic-violence investigation into the right-hander last week.
Kershaw, 33, last pitched last Saturday against the Washington Nationals, giving up three runs and three hits in four innings before a 1-hour, 44-minute rain delay ended his night. He felt discomfort in his elbow playing catch in Miami before going on the IL.
The three-time National League Cy Young Award winner, in the final year of a three-year, $93-million contract, has spent time on the injured list in every season since 2016, but this is the first time that he’s been sidelined by a forearm or elbow injury.
“It was soreness [more than pain],” Roberts said. “He’s never had soreness in his elbow, so we just wanted to check all the boxes and make sure there was nothing else to it, and fortunately there wasn’t.”
Kershaw had been durable and dependable before the injury, going 9-7 with a 3.39 ERA in 18 starts, striking out 127 and walking 19 in 106 1/3 innings, and averaging just under six innings per game.
He had his best game of the year in the start before the Washington game, when he gave up one earned run and four hits, struck out 13 and walked one in a 7-1 win over the Chicago Cubs on June 27.
"score" - Google News
July 10, 2021 at 11:52PM
https://ift.tt/3k7aMVQ
Dodgers vs. Arizona Diamondbacks: Live updates, news, score - Los Angeles Times
"score" - Google News
https://ift.tt/2OdbIHo
Shoes Man Tutorial
Pos News Update
Meme Update
Korean Entertainment News
Japan News Update
Bagikan Berita Ini
0 Response to "Dodgers vs. Arizona Diamondbacks: Live updates, news, score - Los Angeles Times"
Post a Comment