Los Angeles Dodgers backup catcher Dalton Dashing exited Friday’s recreation in opposition to the Baltimore Orioles with a decrease proper leg contusion.
Extra information: Dodgers’ Dalton Dashing Carried Off Subject After Struggling Leg Damage
Supervisor Dave Roberts stated after the sport that X-rays got here again destructive, however Dashing goes for a CT scan on Saturday. The catcher gained’t play Saturday and could possibly be positioned on the injured record.
With Dashing and Will Smith out, the Dodgers are citing one other catcher to Baltimore to affix Ben Rortvedt (possible Chuckie Robinson).
It is a brutal flip of occasions for the Dodgers with their high two catchers in Smith and Dashing getting injured on fluke foul balls throughout the identical week. The Dodgers have misplaced six of their final seven video games, and the offense is already struggling to place runs on the board, having scored in simply two of their final 29 innings.
Now, they’re taking part in not less than the ultimate two video games of this collection in opposition to the Orioles with out Smith and Dashing, and doubtlessly longer if the latter goes on the IL. Smith just isn’t anticipated to go on the IL presently.
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