LOS ANGELES — Left fielder Teoscar Hernández exited Wednesday night time’s sequence finale towards the Rockies at Dodger Stadium with a left hamstring pressure.
Hernández grounded out to shortstop in his lone at-bat of the competition within the second inning. He didn’t look snug whereas working to first base, grabbing behind his left leg and shifting slowly as he returned to the dugout.
On the SportsNet LA broadcast, Hernández was proven slamming his helmet in frustration within the dugout and grabbing at his hamstring as soon as extra earlier than heading for the house clubhouse.
To interchange Hernández, the Dodgers didn’t budge from their plan to provide beginning proper fielder Kyle Tucker the break day. As an alternative, they’d Hyeseong Kim substitute Hernández in left subject, the place he made 44 appearances in his KBO profession. Kim made 17 appearances in heart subject final yr, however this was his first time taking part in left as a Dodger.
Hernández was hitting .276 with a .784 OPS, using a surge on the plate after being dropped to the eighth spot within the lineup in early Could. He had began all however six of the Dodgers’ first 56 video games in left subject.
If Hernández wants a stint on the injured checklist, the Dodgers have a couple of choices to exchange him on the 40-man roster. They might backfill the flexibility they misplaced when Kiké Hernández went again on the IL with a left indirect pressure by calling up Tyler Fitzgerald, whom they acquired from the Blue Jays in alternate for money concerns in late April. They might additionally name on Ryan Ward or Alek Thomas for extra outfield assist.
