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Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts has been dealing with a hip pointer for most of this season, and on Tuesday is out of the starting lineup for a third straight day. Manager Dave Roberts said this is the worst Betts’ hip has felt all year.
“It’s been there. We’ve managed it. But sometimes, something triggers it, and it’s inflamed,” Roberts said. “I don’t know what it was in particular, but it’s where we’re at right now.”
Perhaps any one moment can’t be pinpointed, but running in the spacious outfield of Coors Field exacerbated the hip. Betts in the series had seven hits in nine at-bats, including five extra-base hits before leaving Saturday’s game. Batting hasn’t affected or aggravated the hip as much as running.
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Blackmon s 10th inning homer lifts Rockies past Dodgers
Charlie Blackmon hit a solo homer in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Colorado Rockies a 6-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday.
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DENVER (AP) Charlie Blackmon hit a solo homer in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Colorado Rockies a 6-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday.
Trevor Story hit a tying sacrifice fly and Blackmon followed with a drive to right off Phil Bickford (0-1) that gave Colorado the victory in a back-and-forth game. “I felt today my bat was pretty competitive,” Blackmon said. “I was swinging pretty good. I just felt like I had some good pitches to hit. I thought I was going to hit them hard.
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At the time Pujols was signed, and first baseman/leftfielder Yoshi Tsutsugo was traded for, the Dodgers’ depth was greatly depleted. Cody Bellinger and Zach McKinstry were in the middle of lengthy injured list stints, and Edwin Ríos was out for the year. The weekend those two deals came together, AJ Pollock strained his hamstring and Corey Seager was hit by a pitch on his hand that would end up costing him over two months.
The fill-ins on the Dodgers bench Luke Raley, Sheldon Neuse, and DJ Peters weren’t cutting it, so literally anyone who could occasionally punish a fastball down the middle would have been welcome. Tsutsugo didn’t work out, and has since been sent outright off the 40-man roster to Triple-A. But Pujols has