Roberts said Bellinger will likely face live pitching at the team’s alternate training site in Arizona.
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He still hasn’t run at full speed and will need to take live at-bats before returning. The center fielder hasn’t played since suffering a hairline fracture in his left fibula April 5. Roberts declined to give a timetable on Bellinger’s return. The plan is for him to take on-field batting practice Thursday and face live pitching this weekend. Manager Dave Roberts said Tuesday that he expects Lux to come off the injured list immediately. The stint is retroactive to April 16 so Lux is eligible for activation early next week. He was scratched from the lineup the next day and placed on the injured list Sunday. Lux is expected to return before Bellinger. The offense has struggled over the last three games, tallying just 11 hits, with Cody Bellinger (fibula) and Gavin Lux (wrist) on the injured list. The Dodgers were already dealing with injuries to key players in their lineup before Mookie Betts took a pitch off his forearm Monday night. Their only other baserunner against Urias reached on a walk in the first inning. The Mainers’ only hit off him was Mitch Haniger’s two-out dribbler for an infield single in the third inning. Urías held Seattle to one hit and a walk with a career-high 11 strikeouts over seven innings. Julio Urías recorded the best start of his career, Victor Gonzalez tossed a scoreless eighth inning, and vintage Kenley Jansen emerged to shut the door in the ninth for the Dodgers’ fifth shutout win in 11 games. The Dodgers struggled to score for the fourth straight game, but a three-man pitching crew made sure the one run held up. So that’s part of it, the soreness, but I think that we dodged a bullet there.” So I guess best-case scenario and there was a slight exhale once he wanted to stay in there. “As opposed to the wrist or elbow or something like that. “I was hoping it would be soft tissue, something soft tissue,” Roberts said.
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He isn’t expected to miss extended time after he was hit by a pitch in the ninth inning Monday in a 4-3 loss to the Mariners.īetts didn’t play Tuesday - he was available only as a pinch-runner - but he’s expected to start Thursday when the Dodgers (14-4) open a four-game series against the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium.
Manager Dave Roberts said X-rays on Mookie Betts’ left forearm were negative. The best news the Dodgers could have received Tuesday, regardless of whatever happened on the field at T-Mobile Park, was confirmed before they beat the Seattle Mariners 1-0.
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