Shohei Ohtani injured his shoulder sliding into second base within the seventh inning of Sport 2 of the World Sequence.

The possibly damaging blow to the Los Angeles Dodgers dampened their 4-2 victory Saturday as they took a 2-0 lead within the best-of-seven collection in opposition to the New York Yankees.

Ohtani was caught stealing second base to finish the inning. He laid on the bottom in apparent ache and was sluggish to stand up.

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Ohtani used his left hand to brace his impression with the bottom as he slid. Based on MLB.com, he might be heard on the FOX broadcast saying in Japanese that the damage was to his left shoulder, earlier than being escorted off the sphere by Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts and an athletic coach.

“Not solely the dugout, however the entire stadium went silent,” Dodgers outfielder Teoscar Hernández stated. “Hopefully he is OK and the break day (Sunday) will assist him get off the sphere.”

After the sport, Roberts confirmed that Ohtani suffered a subluxation of his shoulder and can bear an MRI to find out the extent of the damage.

“The energy is nice,” Roberts stated. “The vary of movement is sweet. That is definitely a constructive.

“I am anticipating him to be within the lineup,” the supervisor added.

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The MRI figures to disclose extra about how the damage will have an effect on Ohtani, the Dodgers’ designated hitter and the favourite for the Nationwide League MVP award, for the rest of the collection.

The Dodgers led 4-1 on the time Ohtani was damage, however the Yankees rallied within the ninth inning in opposition to Los Angeles pitcher Blake Treinen.

Treinen changed Michael Kopech needing three outs to file the save. Juan Soto instantly singled and, with one out, got here round to attain on an RBI single by Giancarlo Stanton to present New York its second run.

Anthony Rizzo walked to load the bases, however Treinen got here again to strike out Anthony Volpe.

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Alex Vesia was summoned from the bullpen to file the sport’s last out, and he retired Jose Trevino on a fly ball on the one pitch he threw, ending the sport.

The victory moved the Dodgers midway to their first championship in 4 years, and left the Yankees determined for a win in Sport 3 Monday at Yankee Stadium.

Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto surrendered only one hit in 6.1 innings, a solo residence run to Soto for the Yankees’ first run.

Hernández, Tommy Edman, and Freddie Freeman hit residence runs for the Dodgers. Freeman acquired a standing ovation from the introduced crowd of 52,725 in the future after he hit the primary walk-off grand slam in World Sequence historical past.

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