Dodger Stadium fell silent during the bottom of the seventh inning in Game 2 on Saturday, as Shohei Ohtani grabbed onto his left wrist after sliding into second base.
Ohtani writhed on the ground in pain for several minutes before eventually leaving the game. Thankfully, for both Ohtani and the Dodgers, the shoulder subluxation injury won’t sideline him for any of the remaining games, and manager Dave Roberts confirmed that Ohtani is expected to be in the lineup for Game 3 on Monday in New York.
Noah Furtado and Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic have more on Roberts’ optimism surrounding Ohtani’s injury.
“I think that he’s obviously very well aware of himself and his body,” Roberts said. “So if he feels good enough to go, then I see no reason why he wouldn’t be in there.”
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Outside of Blake Treinen, who has allowed two runs to score in two games this World Series, the Dodgers bullpen once again has been the team’s biggest strength, with Alex Vesia continuing his torrid postseason with his first ever save in the Fall Classic on Saturday.
Vesia talked about what recording a save in the World Series meant to him, while mentioning how he doubted seeing anymore postseason action after being sidelined through the entire NLCS, per Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times.
“If you would have told me 2½ weeks ago when I was taken out of the Padres game [because of a rib-cage strain], I would have told you I probably wouldn’t be here pitching and on the roster. I can’t say enough about what the training staff has done. Every day we got a little better, and we’re good.”
During Game 3 of the 2018 World Series, Walker Buehler had his coming out party by delivering seven shutout innings against the mighty Boston Red Sox. Six years later, and Buehler is tasked with a Game 3 start in the World Series, this time against the Yankees.
Buehler spoke about how to prepare for a start in the World Series, alluding to how he allowed himself to remain in control six years ago, per Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register.
“All the momentum and the hoopla and all that stuff, I think it’s just learning how to kind of embrace that. I think pretty early in my career I learned how to do that in some ways,” Buehler said. “But I think that’s the mental hurdle, and then it’s kind of the same game, just on a bigger stage.”
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